Preparing For Your Procedure
GI & ENDOSCOPY LAB
Colonoscopy Movi Prep
It is very important that you follow these steps outlined below very closely. This will ensure that
your prep is adequate and that you receive a proper exam.
2 DAYS PRIOR TO PROCEDURE
You will have a Low-Residual Diet:
Low Residue Diet
GRAIN PRODUCTS
DAIRY
Enriched refined white bread, buns, bagels,
English muffins
AVOID: No dairy products before the
colonoscopy
Plain cereals e.g. Cheerios, Cornflakes,
Cream of Wheat, Rice Krispies, Special K
NUTS AND SEEDS
Arrowroot cookies, tea biscuits, soda
crackers, plain melba toast
AVOID: All nuts and seeds, as well as foods
that may contain seeds (such as yogurt)
White rice, refined pasta and noodles
VEGETABLES
AVOID: Whole grains
Vegetable juices
FRUITS
Potatoes (no skin)
Fruit juices except prune juice
Well-cooked and tender vegetables
including alfalfa sprouts, beets,
green/yellow beans, carrots, celery,
cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, mushrooms,
green/red peppers, squash, zucchini
Applesauce, apricots, banana (1/2),
cantaloupe, canned fruit cocktail, grapes,
honeydew melon, peaches, watermelon
AVOID: raw and dried fruits, raisins and
berries.
AVOID: vegetables from the cruciferous
family such as broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, cabbage, kale, Swiss chard, etc.
MEAT AND PROTEIN CHOICE
Well-cooked, tender meat, fish and eggs
AVOID: beans and lentils
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THE DAY BEFORE THE PROCEDURE
You will need to begin a clear, liquid diet: ginger-ale, Sprite, tea, and coffee, chicken broth, beef
broth, popsicles, and Jell-O. Please do not have anything with red or orange food coloring. If
you are diabetic, please check your blood sugar, and if you experience a drop in your blood
sugar then drink a cola or an orange juice to raise your blood sugar.
At 6:00 p.m. on the day before your procedure, you will need to begin drinking your bowel
prep.
Directions for Bowel Prep
1.
Empty 1 pouch A and 1 pouch B into the container.
2.
Add lukewarm drinking water to the top line of the container.
3.
Mix to dissolve.
4.
You should drink until the ENTIRE bottle is empty.
Regardless of what directions you receive at the pharmacy, it is very important for you to drink
ENTIRE bottle to endure a thorough exam. If you become nauseous or you vomit, stop drinking
for 1 hour and restart slowly.
THE DAY OF YOUR PROCEDURE
At the time specified by your doctor repeat STEPS 1-4 using the 2nd pouch A and 2nd pouch B.
You may have as many clear liquids as you desire up until 2 hours before your exam (nothing by
mouth after the time specified by your doctor).
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