Calvary Health Care Tasmania Lenah Valley Campus

Your Stay

Admission Date/Time
Admission times at Calvary vary and are usually arranged by your doctor at the time of booking your hospital stay. If you have not been given a time please ring your doctor or contact the manager on (03) 6278 5403 between 11.00am and 4.00pm on the last working day before your surgery. Download our Patient Information Guide here

Fasting Instructions
Unless your doctor/anaesthetist gives you special instructions do not eat or drink anything after:

• Midnight for morning surgery or
• 8am for afternoon surgery (a light breakfast such as tea and toast is permitted before 8.00am).

What to Bring
On day of admission please bring:

• All forms, letters, and requests from your doctor
• All prescription, non-prescription and complementary medicines you are currently taking (in original packaging)
• Prescriptions (especially authority prescriptions)
• Printed list of current medicines from your GP or pharmacist
• X-rays and scans (your surgery may be cancelled if x-rays or scans needed for your surgery are not available)
• Medicare card and health fund details
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) card
• Department of defence service provider advice slip, pension/health care card, pharmaceutical entitlements card (if applicable)
• Letter of approval for Worker’s Compensation, MAIB or public liability claims (if applicable)
• Compression or TED stockings if you already have them
• Any other items eg. crutches/abdominal corsets as instructed by your doctor
• Reading material
• Toiletries
• Comfortable, loose fitting clothes or nightwear, slippers/footwear
• Medicines in original packaging

Money/Jewellery/Valuables
We advise you to leave valuables such as jewellery, large amounts of cash (unless you are paying an excess or copayment on admission) and electronic items at home as we cannot accept responsibility for them if they are lost or stolen.

Your Admission
On arrival at the hospital please check in at the main reception of the stated campus.

DO NOT

• Smoke for 24 hours before admission – please talk to your doctor if you require nicotine replacement treatment during your stay in hospital
• Chew gum or suck lozenges while fasting
• Wear jewellery including piercings (a wedding ring is permitted)
• Wear make-up or nail polish (false nails are permitted but are discouraged)
• Use talcum powder on day of the procedure