WHAT TO BRING
| » | Health card |
| » | Your doctor's name, address, and phone number |
| » | Whatever makes you sleep better (e.g., a special pillow) |
| » | Reading material or something you enjoy working at |
| » | For a night-time study: comfortable pajamas or a night-gown which is loose at the neck, a bath robe, slippers, shampoo an whatever toiletries you use in the morning |
| » | For a daytime study: wear comfortable clothing that buttons down the front or slips over your head easily. |
| » | If you are on medications, check with your doctor and the sleep lab what medications, including vitamins, you should bring and when you take them |
| » | A list of medications that you take - the name, the strength, how much and when you take them |
| » | Leave all valuable jewelry at home. The sleep cannot be responsible for the loss of personal possessions. Arrangements may be made to check-in purses and wallets. |
| » | A CPAP (a sleep apnea device) along with your tubes, mask, and headgear, if you have one |
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information applies to Ontario and represents a joint effort
between the Sleep Medicine Parameter Development Task Force of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the
volunteer effort of patients like yourself affiliated with:
Sleep/Wake Disorders Canada
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