This customizable document, Outpatient Surgery Requirements, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Outpatient Surgery Requirements:

	POLICY: The following are required before outpatient surgery can be performed: Face sheet with patient information and identification A signed, informed consent Surgical site is marked History and physical Diagnostic and therapeutic orders A consultation when the surgeon is not the admitting physician Preoperative anesthesia evaluation when an anesthesiologist is required Appropriate screening tests, based on the needs of the patient, shall be recorded within prior to surgery Patients having a D&C or laparoscopy will have a pregnancy test performed not more than 72 hours prior to...
Second excerpt:
	...note sheet Discharge by an anesthesiologist and/or surgeon Documentation of discharge criteria met Documentation of discharge teaching Patient signed receipt of having received discharge instructions, belongings and prescriptions, if any Disposition of patient and mode of transportation Dressing and instruction for wound care if applicable Patient needs to be accompanied home by a responsible adult, if anesthesia was used, and the patient needs to be instructed that a responsible...