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W
e've had patients swear up and down that they haven't
had anything to eat or drink since midnight. And then,
after the vomiting starts, they reluctantly confess that
they drank some chai tea that morning. And then there are the
patients who walk into the building holding a bottle of water or
Gatorade. Hopefully, the people at the front desk notice, but there's no
guarantee.
It was enough of an issue for us that we didn't want to take the risk
anymore. And part of the problem was that by the time we got around
to asking patients whether they'd had anything to eat or drink, we'd
I D E A S T H A T W O R K
E A T, D R I N K A N D B E WA R Y
Get True NPO Confessions From Patients
To download a copy of the patient NPO questionnaire,
go to outpatientsurgery.net/resources/forms.
z water lOg We find out
right away if patients have
had fluids since midnight.
