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This handout explains a multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan. This diagnostic test shows how well your heart works when you are resting. It is often used for people who are going to start chemotherapy treatment, which involves medicines that may be toxic to the heart. Sections include "How should I prepare?" "How does the scan work?" and "What should I expect during and after the scan?"

This handout describes multi-resistant gram negative rods and who is at risk for getting them. It also explains how these diseases can be spread and offers steps to prevent others from getting them.

This handout explains how to prepare for a myelogram, how it works, how it is done, what to expect during the exam, and how to get your results.

This handout explains how to prepare for and what to expect from a myringotomy procedure.

This handout is for patients at University Reproductive Care in Seattle. It explains the steps involved in a fertility treatment called "unstimulated cycle/intrauterine insemination."

This handout lists warning signs that require a call to a newborn's clinic, health care provider, or 9-1-1. This document is a chapter in the birth book "Caring for Yourself and Your New Baby."

This handout about quitting smoking is for patients who are planning to have reconstructive surgery at University of Washington Medical Center. Surgery patients are required to avoid all tobacco or other nicotine products for at least 6 weeks before their surgery.

This handout provides a list of helpful online and written resources for families with infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

This “NICU Parent Packet” is written to help you understand and be part of your baby’s care in the NICU. 

Contents include: 

• Therapy in the NICU
• Getting to Know Your Baby in the NICU
• Developmental Care in the NICU
• Feeding Therapy in the NICU
• When you Take Your Baby Home 

This handout explains how nipple reconstruction is done, how to prepare, and how to plan for recovery. Instructions are included both for a procedure done in clinic and for a procedure done in an operating room. A brief explanation of nipple tattooing is also included.

This handout for women who have had breast reconstruction describes how to prepare for nipple tattooing and what to expect afterward.

This handout is for people who are planning to have insemination with sperm from an anonymous donor. It lists the tasks that need to be done before the insemination and when they should be done.