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Post-op instructions template
The aftercare sheet the patient takes home, with the warning signs where they will see them.
Download the PDFFree, no sign-up. Fill it in on screen or print it.
What it asks for
What is on the formThe patient completes
- Patient: name, date of birth, MRN and address
- Procedure, date and clinician
- Wound or site care
- Medicines and pain relief
- Activity, and what to avoid
- Warning signs: when to get help
- Follow-up
Using it well
- Write the warning signs as things the patient can see or feel, with the number to call.
- Fill in the follow-up date before the patient leaves.
Open it in the sample practice
The sample practice is the real Ask Brigid on invented patients, open without a sign-up. This document joins its Library with the next sample-practice update; the Library already holds the practice’s templates.
Sources
- The shipped template's field list (Brigid stationery v12), read 24 October 2026
Checked against the sources above on 23 September 2026. Issuers change their forms; check the official page before you rely on a detail here.
In Ask Brigid this paperwork sits beside the diary and the record: Theatre lists and procedures for private urologists.