A pre-assessment can take place anywhere up to 3 months before you planned procedure. It may need to be repeated if the date planned changes beyond this timeframe or your health or disease changes between having your pre-assessment and the planned procedure take place. You will be seen by a pre-assessment nurse / anaesthetist - dependin on your health status. • The clinic staff will check your heart rate, blood pressure and temperature - and may also weigh you. • You will also be asked to have some blood tests / provide a urine sample. • If you are of child-bearing age - you may be asked if you are or coul be pregnant - a test to check may be requested. • You may also have to have swabs taken from your nose, throat and other parts of the body - to check for the presence of bacteria: specifically MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) Further information on MRSA is available from the NHS UK website here Your surgeon, radiologist / anaesthetist are responsible for your well-b your overall health and the type of procedure planned - your team may ensure that you are well enough to go ahead. You will be asked quest Pre-assessment can take anything between 30 minutes to 2 hours to c A pre-assessment, also offers the opportunity to ask any further or new about the procedure, including possible complications and side effects UK Centre for Peri-operative Care - Preoperative Assessment & O For Surgery - and Interventional Radiology (e.g., treatments such asked to undergo a pre-assessment.
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