Pre-op cleansing and deodorant

[mswisdom 42]

I'm sitting here early in my pre-op class reading the information about showering the 3 days prior to surgery. If says that I'm not to use deodorant for each if the 3 days. I work in healthcare and moving patients all day long.

Question: will you smell if you're a heavy sweater? I'm at work both mornings of this prep and I don't want to be blowing up the place. Can you use baking soda? I'm going to ask at this meeting. Just wanted to prepare myself if need be.

[DeniseM 238]

I have never heard no deodorant three days before surgery. When I had my surgery, the day before surgery I had to shower twice with antibacterial soap, and then the morning of my surgery I had to shower again with antibacterial soap and no deodorant, lotions, hair products or anything whatsoever on surgery day, but not the three days leading up to surgery.

[Kathie5353 53]

I was given a bottle of Pre-surgery soap to wash with the night before surgery and then again in the morning right before surgery to help keep down bacteria and chances of infection. I never heard of not bathing or using deoderant before surgery? This sounds really wrong to me! I would research this. Just sayin????

[mswisdom 42]

I was given a bottle of Pre-surgery soap to wash with the night before surgery and then again in the morning right before surgery to help keep down bacteria and chances of infection. I never heard of not bathing or using deoderant before surgery? This sounds really wrong to me! I would research this. Just sayin????

Ha ha ha...they never said Do Not Bathe lol. It just said that after you clean yourself no deodorant. Since I'll be doing this for three days its only the morning if that I dont wear deodorant.

[sarahlyn 13]

I just got my Pre-Op instructions for my surgery on Tuesday June 2, and I was told it was ok to shower regularly the morning or evening before, and was told that it was ok to wear deodorant the day of surgery. Just no lotions or perfumes. Is it maybe surgeons preference??

[leag78 469]

I was told I could use deodorant. That was one of the first questions I asked during my pre op class.