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Prep Checklist
1 Week Before Test
Call your insurance company
Find safe transportation for the day of your test
Talk to your primary doctor about your diabetes and/or blood thinning medicines
Call if you are constipated, had trouble prepping in the past or if you’ve had any major health changes since you scheduled your test
Stop iron supplements and vitamins with iron 5 days before your test
3 Days Before Test
Start a low fiber diet
Call pharmacy to pick up bowel prep
1 Day Before Test
If your test is before 12:00 pm:
Morning: Mix the first dose of MoviPrep® and put it in the fridge
Empty one Pouch A and one Pouch B into the disposable container.
Add lukewarm drinking water to the top line of the container (1 liter).
Mix well to dissolve.
At 10 am stop eating solid food and begin clear liquid diet
At 6 pm start drinking prep
Drink 4 glasses of bowel prep before bed.
Follow up with at least 2 classes of any clear liquid (this is a required step)
Before bed: Mix the second dose of bowel prep and put it in the fridge.
If your test is after 12:00 pm:
Morning: Mix the first dose of MoviPrep® and put it in the fridge
Empty one Pouch A and one Pouch B into the disposable container.
Add lukewarm drinking water to the top line of the container (1 liter)
Mix well to dissolve.
At 3 pm stop eating solid food and begin clear liquid diet
At 8 pm start drinking prep
Drink 4 glasses of bowel prep before bed.
Follow up with at least 2 glasses of any clear liquid (this is a required step).
Before bed: Mix the second dose of bowel prep and put it in the fridge.
Day of Test
5 hours before test start drinking the rest of your prep.
Drink 4 glasses of bowel prep before bed.
Follow up with at least 2 glasses of any clear liquid (this is a required step)
4 hours before test stop all liquids (even water)
Call if you are still passing solid or brown stools or your bowels have not started to empty
1 Week Before Test
Insurance Information
At one to two weeks before your test, you may want to call your insurance company to confirm your procedure is covered. They can tell you if you need an authorization to be started.
Arrange Transportation
Due to the sedation medicines, you must have a responsible adult drive you home and stay with you for at least 6 hours.
If you use a medical transport company to take you home, you should still have someone who can stay with you for at least 6 hours after getting home.
Health Changes
Please tell us about any major health changes, illnesses, or recent hospital stays you have had since you scheduled your test.
Blood Thinners and Diabetes Medicines
You must call the doctor who prescribes this medicine to see if you need to stop or adjust your medicine before your test. Your doctor will tell you how to safely do this.
The UW Digestive Health Center suggest using the schedule below to adjust your blood thinning medicines before your GI procedure.
If your prescribing provider tells you to not hold your medicine, please call the Digestive Health Center at 608-890-5010, as this may affect your procedure.
Iron and Multivitamins with Iron
Stop taking these 5 days before your test. (You do not need to contact your doctor first).
3 Days Before Test
Low Fiber Diet
Stop the following foods and medicines. These foods may slow your digestion, and your colon may not be clean enough for your test:
Corn, popcorn, seeds or nuts. Uncooked vegetables, beans and lentils, potato skins.
Fruits with skins or seeds.
Whole grain breads, granola or high fiber cereals.
Fiber supplements (like Metamucil®, Citrucel®, or Benefiber®).
Anti-diarrhea medicines (like Kaopectate®, Lomotil®, Pepto-Bismol® and Imodium® or loperamide).
Bowel Prep Tip: For a list of safe foods visit: patient.uwhealth.org/healthfacts/381
Pick up Bowel Prep
Your bowel prep will be ordered about two weeks before your test. Three days before your test:
Call the pharmacy to tell them you will be picking up your bowel prep.
Pick up your bowel prep. Do not mix the prep until the day before the test.
Buy soft toilet paper.
1 Day Before Test
Mix the Prep
Mix prep as instructed in the bowel prep checklist and place in the fridge.
Bowel Prep Tip: Take bowel prep out of the fridge at least 2 hours before drinking
Diet
Begin clear liquid diet. Be sure to drink at least 8 glasses of clear “see-through” liquids. Clear liquids include:
Water, clear sports drinks like Gatorade®
Broth
Black coffee, tea, soda
Apple juice
Jell-O®
No creamers, milks or other dairy products
No red or purple liquids or Jell-O
No solid food
Medicines
Take your daily medicines except those you were told to stop. Take at least one hour before or one hour after drinking your prep.
Bowel Prep
Start drinking your prep at the time listed on your Prep Checklist.
Follow the directions on the checklist. Do not follow the directions on the jug.
Stay near a bathroom. You will have loose, then liquid stools. This is normal.
Nausea
You may have cramping, bloating and/or nausea. If you have a lot of nausea or vomiting, slow down or stop for 30 minutes, then start again.
Test Day
Diet
No food
Stay on only clear liquids (no red or purple)
Stop drinking everything, even water, 4 hours before you arrive.
Bowel Prep
Start drinking the rest of the prep 5 hours before you arrive for your test. This may be in the middle of the night.
Drink 1 cup (8oz) s every 10-20 minutes.
As you finish the prep, your stools should be watery clear or yellow, with no solids (flecks of stool are OK). If you are still passing solid or brown stools, please call the procedure center.
Medicines
If you need to take medicine during the 4 hours before your test, drink no more than 1/2 cup of water (4 ounces). Follow your provider’s directions for your diabetes or blood thinning medicines.
What to Bring
CPAP or BiPAP and any inhalers that you use
Eyeglass or contact lens case, denture cup
Ostomy supplies
Wear comfortable clothing
Phone number for your driver
Do not bring:
Jewelry
Money
Other valuables
Before the Test
When you arrive, you can choose if your driver waits in the waiting room or in your private room where they will hear private health information.
The doctor will talk with you, answer questions, and ask you to sign a consent form.
A nurse will review your health history, take your vital signs and attach a heart monitor.
A nurse will place an IV and give you medicines to help you relax and keep you comfortable.
Your visit will take about 2-3 hours.
After the Test
Your doctor will review the results and give you a report. We strongly suggest that you have your driver in the room with you to hear the results.
You may feel tired when you leave.
Spend the day resting at home. You cannot drive or return to work. You can return to your normal routine the next day.
It may take up to a week for your bowel habits to return to your normal.
Results
If you have biopsies taken or polyps removed, you can expect to get lab results 1-2 weeks later. Your results will be sent to your MyChart account. If you don’t have a MyChart account, someone will call you with results or results will be mailed to you.
When to Call
If you are still passing solid stools or your bowels have not started to empty by the morning of your test.
You have severe cramps
You feel dizzy or lightheaded
Who to Call
Patient Resources
(If you need help finding a ride to and from your test)
(608) 821-4144
Digestive Health Center
(608) 890-5010
UW Hospital GI Procedure Clinic
(608) 263-8094
Meriter/Unity Point
(608) 417-6389