{"id":1391,"date":"2021-06-29T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T02:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/?post_type=services&#038;p=1391"},"modified":"2022-03-14T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T23:13:40","slug":"preparing-instructions","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/healthcare-services\/gastroenterology-endoscopy-services\/preparing-instructions","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for your colonoscopy or endoscopy &#8211; instruction sheets"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1376,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1391","services","type-services","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"page_subtitle":"","page_type":"general","include_in_alphabetical_listing":false,"page_sections_general":[],"general_content":[{"other_content":[{"heading":"","content":"<p>These colonoscopy and endoscopy information sheets will provide more information about your procedure. <strong>It is important that you follow the instructions give by the STARS Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Services team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>General information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/colonoscopy-what-you-need-to-know.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonoscopy: What you need to know<\/a> &#8211; 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12pm<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/extra-colonoscopy-bowel-prep-am-10-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extra Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Instructions AM appointment 10am \u2013 12pm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/colonoscopy-bowel-prep-pm-1-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Instructions PM appointment 1pm &#8211; 3pm<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/extra-colonoscopy-bowel-prep-pm-1-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extra Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Instructions PM appointment 1pm \u2013 3pm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/colonoscopy-bowel-prep-pm-3-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Instructions PM appointment 3pm &#8211; 5pm<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/extra-colonoscopy-bowel-prep-pm-3-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extra Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Instructions PM appointment 3pm \u2013 5pm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/colonoscopy-bowel-prep-inpatient.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Instructions \u2013 for inpatient bowel preparation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Endoscopy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/06\/welcome-to-stars-endoscopy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome to the STARS Endoscopy Department<\/a> &#8211; important information regarding your procedure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"}]}],"include_advertisement":false,"include_related_news_article":false,"add_contact_details":true,"remove_sidebar":false,"contact_extra_general_content":"","contact_extra_general_content_2":"","display":["location","outside_hours"],"building":{"ID":179,"post_author":"8","post_date":"2020-04-22 06:18:01","post_date_gmt":"2020-04-22 06:18:01","post_content":"","post_title":"STARS Building","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"stars","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-27 13:14:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-27 03:14:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/?post_type=location&#038;p=179","menu_order":0,"post_type":"location","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"location_details":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Services ","location":"296 Herston Rd HERSTON QLD 4029","phone":"(07) 3647 7111 ","fax":"","email":"","opening_hours":"","visiting_hours":"","additional_details":false}],"contact_us_outside_hours":[{"variation":"13 HEALTH","free_text":"","variable":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/services"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services\/1391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services\/1391\/revisions\/1726"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}