Brochures and Fact Sheets

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About Your Anaesthetic

Acoustic Neuroma

Adjustable Height Chair 

Advance Care Planning

Advance Care Planning - Chinese

Advance Care Planning - Greek

Advance Care Planning - Italian

Advance Care Planning - Vietnamese

Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet 

Advance Care Planning for Patients 

Advance Care Planning for Staff  

After a Coronary Angiogram - Discharge Information for Patients With a Normal Result

After a Coronary Angiogram - Discharge Information for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease 

ALERT - Assessment Liaison and Early Referral Team

Anaesthesia and Surgery - A guide for people with a history of polio

Angioplasty for Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

Anointing of the Sick for Catholic Patients at St Vincent's

Aphasia  

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Bathboard - A Guide for Patients and Carers

Bathboard - A Guide for Total Hip Joint Replacement Patients and Their Carers 

Bath Transfer Bench - A Guide for Patients and Their Carers 

Bath Transfer Bench - A Guide for Total Hip Joint Replacement Patients and Their Carers 

Bedside Commode

Bedstick

Blood Clots

Blood Transfusion 

Breast Reconstructive Surgery - DIEP Flap

Briar Terrace

Bronchoscopy, Laryngoscopy, Micro-laryngoscopy, Oesophagoscopy and Panendoscopy

Brunswick Community Medical Centre

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CAM Walker - English

CAM Walker - Greek

CAM Walker - Italian

Can I Bring Food for Patients and Residents

Cardiopulmonary Rehab Program

Cardiopulmonary Rehab Program - Greek

Cardiopulmonary Rehab Program - Italian

Cardiothoracic Care Centre - Information for Patients 

Cardiothoracic Care Centre - Patient Information Booklet

Cardiothoracic Care Centre - Process of Care 

Caritas Christi Day Hospice - Information for Clients and Families 

Carotid Artery Endarterectomy

Carpal Tunnel Release 

Change to Pathology Billing for Hospital Inpatients 

Clean Hands Save Lives - Multiple Languages

Cognitive Communication Disorders 

Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service - A Guide to the Assessment Process for New Clients 

Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service Fact Sheet

Cognitive Feeding Difficulties

Colonoscopy - Extended Preparation

Communication tips

Continence - Bladder and Bowel Control 

Continence Clinic 

Coronary Angiogram and Coronary Stenting

Coronary Angiogram Booklet

Craniofacial Resection

Critical Care Liaison Nurse Service

Cruciform Anterior Spinal Hyperextension Orthosis 

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Day Procedure Unit - General Information for Endoscopy Patients

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program 

Discharge Information for Patients After Insertion of a Permanent Pacemaker (PPM), With or Without an Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)

Discharge Information for Patients Post Coronary Angiogram

Discharge Information for Patients Post DCR

Discharge Information for Patients Post Loop Recorder Insertion/Removal

Discharge Information for Patients Post Pacemaker Generator Change   

Domiciliary Therapy

Don't Fall For It - A Guide To Preventing Falls For Older People

Don't Go Hungry In Hospital - English

Don't Go Hungry In Hospital - Arabic

Don't Go Hungry In Hospital - Chinese

Don't Go Hungry In Hospital - Greek

Don't Go Hungry In Hospital - Italian

Don't Go Hungry In Hospital - Vietnamese 

Dysarthria

Dysphagia

Dysphonia

Dyspraxia

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Elective Neck Surgery 

Endoluminal Abdominal Artery Aneurysm (AAA) Repair

Endoscopy Unit Endoscopic Ultrasound Prep Afternoon instructions

Endoscopy Unit Endoscopic Ultrasound Prep Morning instructions

Endoscopy Unit Gastroscopy Prep Afternoon instructions

Endoscopy Unit Gastroscopy Prep Morning instructions

Endoscopy Unit Oesophageal Dilatation Prep Afternoon instructions

Endoscopy Unit Oesophageal Dilatation Prep Morning instructions

Endoscopy Unit Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Insertion Prep Afternoon instructions

Endoscopy Unit Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Insertion Prep Morning instructions

Endoscopy Unit Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Prep Afternoon instructions

Endoscopy Unit Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Prep Morning instructions

Endoscopy Unit Small Bowel Enteroscopy Prep Afternoon instructions

Endoscopy Unit Small Bowel Enteroscopy Prep Morning instructions 

Extending St Vincent's Care into the Community

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Falls and Balance Assessment Clinic

Family Violence - Greek

Family Violence - Italian

Family Violence - Simplified Chinese

FEES - Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing

Female Urethral Sling Operation

Femoral Popliteal Bypass Surgery

Mental Health - Footbridge Community Care Unit

Footwear

Footwear education

Footwear education (Greek)

Footwear education (Simplified Chinese)

Footwear education (Vietnamese)

Free Flap Reconstruction

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Gastroscopy - Morning Procedure

GEM@Home - Greek

GEM@Home - Italian

GEM@Home - Vietnamese

Geriatric Evaluation Management (GEM) 

Geriatric Medical Clinic

Going Home After Heart Surgery

GP (Benefits of Having a Regular GP)

Grief Resource List

Grieving Children

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Halo-Thoracic Spinal Orthosis

Hand Hygiene for Patients and Visitors

HARP - Hospital Admission Risk Program

HARP Smoking Cessation Service 

Heart and Lung Exercise Program

Heart Surgery

Hepatitis C Story - Chinese

Hepatitis C Story - Vietnamese 

Hip Abduction Orthosis

Hip Joint Replacement Surgery

Home and Community Care Nursing Service

Hospital Admission Risk Program 

How to Store and Transport Evogam

How to Store and Transport Hizentra

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ICU - Chinese

ICU - Greek

ICU - Italian

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Counselling Clinic

Information for Family and Friends of Patients with Delirium 

Information for Patients and Families following a serious adverse event

Information for Patients Being Screened for Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

Information for Patients Wearing a Removable Rigid Dressing (RRD)

Information for Patients Wearing a Shrinker

Influenza (Flu)

Influenza (Flu) Fact Sheet

Infra Temporal Fossa Clearance 

Insomnia and Polio Patients

Instructions for Compression Stockings Post Varicose Vein Surgery

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K

Kids at St Vincent’s

Knee Joint Replacement Surgery

L

Laser Laryngectomy

Lithotripsy Service

Living With Pain - A New 'Start'

LSVT LOUD - Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Program

Lumbar Sacral Orthosis

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Managing Your Pain

Mandibulectomy

Mandibulectomy and Free Flap Reconstruction

Mastoidectomy, Stapedectomy, Myringoplasty and Tympanoplasty

Maxillectomy and Free Flap Reconstruction

Meatal Dilatation 

Medical Enduring Power of Attorney 

Mental Health - Acute Inpatient Service

Mental Health - Community Services 

Mental Health - Dual Disability

Mental Health - Footbridge Community Care Unit

Mental Health - Post Discharge Support

Miami J Collar

Minimising Functional Decline 

Moving to Sub-acute Care

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Now What Booklet 

Nutrition Outpatient Services 

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Occupational Therapy - A guide for Lower Limb Amputees

Occupational Therapy Driver Assessment Clinic 

Oncology Rehabilitation

Oncology Rehabilitation Group Program

Oral Care

Outreach Medication Review (OMR)

Over Toilet Frame 

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Palliative Care Consultation Service

Palliative Care Day Centre - Information for Clients and Families 

Palliative Day Care - Information for Referrers

Parotidectomy

Partial or Hemi-glossectomy

Pastoral Care 

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)

Peri-operative Medicine Unit (PMU)

Permanent Pacemaker and ICD Insertion

Personal Alarms

Philadelphia Collar

Physical Activity Following Open Heart Surgery 

Planned Activity Groups (PAGs/Day Centres) 

Polio Services Victoria  (What to Expect at Your Appointment)

Polio Services Victoria - Service Brochure

Post Coronary Angriogram

Practical Matters Following Death

Preparing for the Death of Someone Close to You

Pressure Relieving Ankle Foot Orthosis

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Radial Neck Dissection

Raised Toilet Seat 

Reducing the Risk of Falls

Rehabilitation in the Home

Rehabilitation - St George's and St Vincent's

Residential Aged Care In-reach Service 

Restoring Health

Restraint Information for Families

Restraint Information for Patients/Consumers

Rhinoplasty, Septoplasty, Turbinectomy

Right Side Brain Injury

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Serial Cast Patient Instructions

Shower Chair 

Shower Stool 

Sister Francesca Healy Cottage

Skin Cancer and Split Skin Grafts 

START Program for Persistent Pain 

St George's Hospital In-patient Services

St George's Memory Clinic

Stop Falls and Stay Safe Booklet

Stop Falls and Stay Safe Fact Sheet

Stop Pressure Injury  

St Vincent's Bulk-billed Clinics - Information for New Patients

St Vincent’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

St Vincent's Clinics - Information for New Patients

St Vincent's Clinics - Information for Out-patients

St Vincent's Community Rehabilitation Centre Kew - English 

St Vincent’s General Practice – Fitzroy

St Vincent's Intensive Care Unit

St Vincent's - Leading Services in Cancer Care

St Vincent's Lithotripsy Service 

St Vincent's Medical Centre - ACU

St Vincent's Medical Centre - Fitzroy  

St Vincent's Pacific Health Fund

St Vincent's Public Hospital Melbourne Welcomes Private Inpatients 

Subacute and Ambulatory Care Services - Community Rehabilitation Centre

Subacute and Ambulatory Care Services - St Vincent's Bolte Wing

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Telehealth

Thoracic-Lumbar-Sacral-Orthosis (TLSO)

Tips To Help You Sleep In Hospital

Toilet Surround Frame 

Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy, Uvulopalatopharyngosplasty (UVPPP)

Total Contact Cast

Total Glossectomy and Free Flap Reconstruction

Total Hip Replacement

Total Hip Replacement Handout

Total Knee Replacement 

TRAAC - Treatment Response and Assessment for Aged Care

Tracheostomy  

Treating and Controlling Headlice

Tuberculosis - The Facts

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Understanding Your Grief

Upper Body Dressing

Upper Limb Fractures

Urethral Dilatation

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Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) 

Victorian Dual Disability Service

Videofluoroscopy 

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Welcome to St Vincent's Hospital for Patients, Carers & Families 

Working Together to Prevent Infection

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Y

YACDS First Appointment

YACDS for Patients and Carers  

Your Feedback

Your Privacy

Your Safety

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Zimmer Knee Splint handout