Surgical Procedures: Preparation & General Information

Getting Ready for Your Surgery at Harborview Medical Center 

If you are scheduled for surgery at one of our clinics, please read the following information. It will help you get ready for surgery and understand what will happen and why. Your pre-operative anesthesia visit provides us with important information about your health. We are committed to working with your for a comfortable stay and quick recovery.

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• Your pre-anesthesia nurse coordinator visit
• Your surgical experience (flow chart)
• Medicine before surgery
• Anesthesia
• The day before and morning of surgery
• Arriving at the hospital
• In the Ambulatory Surgery Unit and operating room
• In the recovery room
• Going Home
• Helpful Contacts

Helpful contacts

Pre-anesthesia nurse coordinator	(206) 731-5572
Ambulatory Surgery Unit	(206) 731-5432
Operating Room	(206) 731-8800
Pre-operative anesthesia coordinator fax number	(206) 731-2355
E-mail:	preop@u.washington.edu