Updated St Vincents Outpatient GI Fluoro Prep Instuctions 8/16/2025 GI Exams that Do Not Require Patient to be NPO ●Esophagram ●Modified Barium Swallow ●Sitzmarks Colon Transit GI Exams that Require Patient to be NPO for 6 Hours ●Upper GI ●SBFT ●Upper GI w/ SBFT Colon Examination Prep Instructions ● Patients with a diverting ostomy who are undergoing a water-soluble enema examination prior to reconnecting their bowel do not need to undergo bowel prep. ●All other patients undergoing an enema examination are required to undergo bowel prep. ●Bowel prep instructions: Consume only liquids (no solid food) the day prior to the examination. Two options for colon cleansing:

1 Option 1 - As prescibed by the provider who ordered the enema.

2 Option 2

Mix 238 grams Miralax (polyethylene glycol) in 64 oz of a sports drink (Powerade/Gatorade). At 12 pm the day prior to examination, beginning drinking 8 oz of the Miralax mixture every
15 mins until it is finished. At 3 pm the day prior to the examination, take 2 bisacodyl (Dulcolax) 5 mg pills. Continued drinking liquids until bedtime. Do not consume anything by mouth after midnight