St. Peter's Hospital ~ Services

Same Day Services

The Ambulatory Surgery Department is a 14-bed unit centrally located on the main floor of the Hospital. The patient population includes adolescents through geriatrics. The patients are non-critical, stable patients who are scheduled for procedures such as Endoscopy, Bronchoscopy, PH and Manonmetry studies, pre- and post-surgical care, pre- and post-cardiac catheterization care, pre- and post-X-ray sedation, and outpatient infusion administration.

Ambulatory Surgery Department

	i.	Regular: The Ambulatory Surgery Department's Service hours of operation are 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with hours adjusted to census and varying patient volume changes in the department.
	ii.	Emergency: Emergency hours of operation are from 5:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday though Friday and 24 hours per day on weekends and holidays. Departmental RN's with knowledge and competency in the performance of endoscopy procedures provide the on-call coverage. The Nurse Coordinator is responsible for notifying the call person.

Ambulatory Surgery Department

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Criteria for Admission: Patients must meet the following criteria for admission to the Ambulatory Surgery Department: The patient must be in a general state of good health with few complicating co-morbid factors, be scheduled for a colonoscopy, panendoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, ERCP, bronchoscopy, manometry and PH studies, be undergoing procedures that do not require overnight hospitalization, be undergoing heart catheterization, pacemaker insertion and/or cardioversions, be undergoing X-ray procedures including but not limited to:

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liver biopsies
lung biopsies,
arteriograms,
epidural steroid injections,
vertebroplasties.
myeleograms,
lumber punctures and
patients requiring sedation recovery.
And be undergoing infusions including but not limited to:

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Blood transfusions,
Remicade infusions,
Solu-medrol,
Gamma-globulin,
Iron,
Prolastin, and
Immune Gamma Globulin.

The SDS performs the following invasive procedures using sterile techniques as outlined in Lippencott Medical Procedures:

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Ambulatory Surgery Department

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Placement of a peripheral IV line
Insertion of catheters
Assist with Lumbar puncture
Insertion of NG tube
IM injections
PICC line placement by specialty trained RNs
Access of Ports
Gastroscopy
Endoscopy
Panednoscopy
Bronchoscopy
PH monometry
ERCP

Patient Information

When you come to St. Peter’s the day of your surgery, please check in at the receptionist desk located in the main lobby of the Hospital. A volunteer will escort you to Same Day Services where you will be prepared for your surgical procedure. This process should take approximately one hour. After surgery, you will be taken to either a room on the Surgical Floor for an overnight stay or back to Same Day Services if you are to be released the same day.

St. Peter’s Hospital also provides patients with information on Advanced Directives, medical documents indicating preferences for care with specific documents including a Living Will and a Medical Durable Power of Attorney. If you would like information on Advanced Directives prior to your surgery, please call 444-2284 and leave a message with your name and telephone number. Someone will return your call within two working days. If you already have Advanced Directives, make sure your family knows about them and where they are located.

For your own protection, St. Peter’s requests that you limit the amount of personal property you bring to the Hospital. Please do not bring any valuables.

St. Peter’s is committed to providing very good care and excellent service. If there is anything we can do to make you more comfortable while you are the Hospital, please talk to your nurse. You may receive a survey in the mail following your procedure. Please return the survey to let us know how we are doing so we can improve our service. And, if we are providing very good care, please let us know.

If you have not already pre-registered with our Admitting Department, please call 447-2728 to do so before your surgery. Again, thank you for choosing St. Peter’s Hospital for your medical care.

For more information please contact:
Raechel Allen at 444-2271 or
email - rallen@stpetes.org