Patient Information

You have been booked for a procedure with Dr Bates. What comes next?

On behalf of Dr. Dan Bates, firstly thank you for choosing our team for your upcoming procedure. You will receive a notification through the patient portal indicating the booking and hospital location/s via text and email.

There are 8 important parts you need to follow through, read and complete where required.

  1. Must complete hospital forms

  2. Consent & procedure information

  3. Fees

  4. Pre-admissions

  5. Clinical info to tell the nurse

  6. On the day

  7. Follow up

  8. Enquiries

PART 1 / COMPLETE HOSPITAL FORMS

You will be booked into one of 3 hospital locations – you must complete admissions paperwork/ instructions – click on links given below.
**Please follow all Covid-19 RAT test requirements**

 

Monash House Private Hospital (MHPH) (03) 8394 0700 | Click MHPH pre-admissions
Email admissions@monashhouse.com.au
Download & print hospital booklets – click here

Masada Private (03) 9038 1300 | Click pre-admissions
Download & print hospital booklets – click here

PART 2 / CONSENT & PROCEDURE RELATED INFO

Your Informed Financial Consent will be sent to you via email, please sign and return to the team ASAP. It will be sent from

PART 3 / FEES

Once booked you will be contacted by these separate groups to process your booking and provide a cost estimate /quote/out of pocket. Scroll down to the bottom to see the billing flyer.

  1. Dr Dan Bates' Fees

  2. Anaesthetic Fees

  3. Hospital Fees & Radiology Fees

Are you Work Cover /TAC or white DVA? You will need to have specific approval for your procedure requested by Dr Bates.

Gold DVA cards are fully covered.

You will receive a fee estimate /informed financial consent letter that contains more information.

Please make sure you read this carefully.

Enquiries can be made with your health insurance, the hospital you are booked at or with Dr Bates’ procedural accounts team procfees@psj.net.au.

PART 4 / PRE- ADMISSIONS

Your exact admission timing will be confirmed by the hospital.

Typically:
Morning List [arrival between 7 and 9:30 am]
Afternoon List [arrival between 12 and 2:30 pm]

For overnight stay:
Please bring an overnight bag with essential medications and their packaging. You will be discharged at approximately 9:30 am.

FASTING: If your procedure is sedated, then fasting is required
Must stop eating 6 hours prior to the procedure. Sips of water and normal medication are accepted, No food, Cigarettes or Gum.
More information can be found here.

**COVID-19** Don’t forget to comply with all RAT test requirements.

PART 5 / CLINICAL INFORMATION TO TELL THE NURSE

If you answer YES to any of the below questions, please alert our team immediately. Email our nurse RN@metropain.com.au and copy pvteam@metropain.com.au.

It is very important and CRITICAL that we know about these to ensure your safety and well-being during your procedure.

Q1. Are you on blood thinners?

For nearly every procedure we undertake these will need to be stopped prior.

By way of guidance:

  • You must stop taking Xarelto, 3 days beforehand

  • Eliquis 3 to 5 days, Pradaxa, Brillinta or warfarin – 5 days beforehand

  • Plavix, 7 days, beforehand.

Your treating specialist cardiologist or GP most likely will need to be notified and agree.
Aspirin – low dose can normally be continued ** but check with the clinical team.

Q2. Are you a diabetic?

Are a Type 2 diabetic – Are you taking an SGLT2 inhibitor?

  • These are commonly named Jardiance, Jardiamet, Glyxamb, Forxiga, Qtern, Xigduo XR, **

  • These must be stopped 3 days prior to any sedation anaesthetic.

Q3. Do you have life-threatening allergies?

And in particular to things that we commonly use in procedures, e.g. skin preps like chlorhexidine, betadine, or to local anaesthetics, cortisones, analgesics, antibiotics, dressings/ bandaids.

Q4. Is your weight over 130 kg?

This may influence which facilities we can admit you to, based on the equipment available and safety considerations. 

Q5. Do you suffer from reflux?

If yes, please take reflux medications in days prior to the procedures (e.g Nexium)

Q6. Are you a terrible snorer & or use CPAP?

This may influence the procedure room we choose based on additional equipment (such as Optiflow).

PART 6 / ON THE DAY

Please DO NOT bring any valuables to the hospital. DO NOT wear jewellery, makeup or nail polish. Please shower on the morning of the procedure and wear clean, comfortable clothing that is easy to remove.

Please understand coming into a hospital is quite a process with many accreditations and other requirements to be met. It often seems repetitive and time-consuming – you may wait longer than expected to go into the operating room. We apologise in advance for these nuisances.

If you are departing on the day, you will wake up post-procedure with a highly attentive and caring nurse and progress to a comfortable chair for a drink. You will have multiple observations taken before you can leave (discharged) with your chosen adult carer, which can ensure your safety.

Hospital administration: You will be contacted closer to your procedure date by the hospital if there is a pre-procedure check, out-of-pocket and clarification on your admission time.

 

PART 7 / FOLLOW UP

POST OP APPOINTMENTS

The nurse will book you in for a call a few weeks after your procedure to check in on your progress. The nurse will report to Dr. Bates and depending on your data, Dr. Bates might organise to see you.

Depending on your procedure, you may have a 1, 2, 3 or 5-week follow-up. You will get an email confirming your appointment prior to your procedure, and if you need to reschedule, please email MetroPain 

SPINAL CORD STIMULATION REVIEWS & PROGRAMMING

If you are having a Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial or Implant, please Click here to read about Spinal Cord Stimulation. You will have these follow-up appointments

  • 2-week review for wound check and programming

  • 6-week review and programming

  • 12-week (3 months) review and programming

  • 6-month review and programming

  • 12-month review and programming.

REHABILITATION

In addition, you may be booked in with our in-house rehabilitation coordinator Jo Rankin. Her separate team will reach out to make an appointment. Her office can be contacted on 03 9854 4000.