booking system is in test mode for a week

pls book as earlier by calling OT staff

Surgery @ DHEE

clear glass tube with brown liquid
clear glass tube with brown liquid
Surgical Prophylaxis

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) & the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) guidelines

Fasting guidelines
  • clear liquids 200 mL –2 hrs (clear liquids - APPY juice, lime juice, tender coconut water, ORS solution)

  • breast milk – 4 hrs, nonhuman milk, formula feed

  • light meal (toast/cereal with clear liquid), enteral tube feeds – 6 hrs

  • fried or fatty food – 8 hrs, meat - 12 hrs

  • TPN - should not be abruptly stopped during perioperative period, if TPN is to be stopped for some reason, dextrose containing iv fluids shall be administered and sugars to be monitored q2 hrly + sos

  • medications advised in PAC order to be given with sips of water, no scheduled medication prescribed shall be omitted during NPO period

  • OHA & ACE inhibitors to be skipped on the day of surgery

blue and gold ceramic bowl
blue and gold ceramic bowl

Anticoagulant Antiplatelet Guidelines

American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine guidelines 2018