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MQ Health has established a Pre-admission Clinic

The Pre-admission Clinic is designed to optimise your hospital experience, outcomes and recovery post-surgery. You will be referred to the clinic by your surgeon.

The service is staffed by nurses, physiotherapists, and doctors, who will triage you based on clinical risk factors identified in your health questionnaire.

Your health questionnaire will be used to determine which tests and medications you need prior to having surgery. Depending on your health history and surgery, you may be referred to a doctor.

We encourage you to complete the patient health questionnaire within 24 hours following the appointment at which you decided to proceed with surgery at Macquarie University Hospital.

Attendance at the Pre-admission Clinic is appropriate for patients who:

  • are having major surgery
  • have pre-existing health conditions such as diabetes, heart problems, obstructive airways disease
  • have had previous problems with anaesthesia.

Services provided at your appointment at the Pre-admission Clinic include:

  • medication review
  • planning your post-surgery care and discharge
  • assessment of test results (ECG, chest x-ray, and pathology studies) to determine your readiness for surgery
  • escalation of concerns to anaesthetist or surgeon, if necessary
  • submission of a referral to the acute pain service in advance, if necessary
  • engagement of pharmacy, as needed.

What to bring to your MQ Health Pre-admission Clinic appointment:

  • all of your pre-admission paperwork, including your pre-admission form and signed informed consent
  • Medicare card, any other health benefit cards (eg Veterans' Affairs, Health Care Card, and Pension Card) and your health fund details
  • medications in their original pack or a list of medications that you take including doses and times taken
  • letters, x-rays, recent blood tests and other test results that relate to your condition.

The MQ Health Pre-admission Clinic is a no-gap service for patients with Medicare. A fee will be quoted for overseas or international patients.

Critical information identified during the MQ Health Pre-admission Clinic appointment will be communicated to the surgeon and/or the anaesthetist.

Surgeons are asked to order all preoperative tests the day the patient is seen in the outpatient office so that results are available for the staff physicians in the MQ Health Pre-admission Clinic.

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