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IDEAS
That Work
Want to help patients sched-
uled for colonoscopies arrive
properly "cleansed?" We
broke patients' prep directions
down into a more simple-to-
follow kit and detailed sched-
ule. We also assemble a kit in
a gallon Ziploc bag containing
2 bottles of magnesium citrate,
4 Dulcolax tablets and a 238mg
container of Miralax. We
include specific, word-for-
word directions in steps on
when to take each product
over several days of preparation. Photos of each product and a calendar
also help patients remember what to take and when. After providing the
kits for a little more than a year, we've seen a drop in phone calls to our
office from confused patients.
Melanie Hall, LPN
Mountain States Medical Group General Surgery
Elizabethton, Tenn.
hallmj@msha.com
Download Mountain States Medical Group's Colonoscopy
Prep Fact Sheet at
outpatientsurgery.net/forms
.
COLONOSCOPY PREP
Keys to a Proper Prep
FOOLPROOF Give patients a Ziploc bag with
everything they need to take before their
colonoscopies.
Melanie
Hall,
LPN
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