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Appendix: Electrical Safety
Step 10: Complete Discharge Checklist
1. Review the discharge checklist with the patient. Instruct the patient to wait 3
minutes in the bathroom before flushing the toilet after each bowel movement.
Explain that to confirm body exit, the patient must let the capsule communicate
with the data receiver after bowel movements.
2. Review these warnings:
Warning
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) must not be performed on a patient who has ingested the capsule until
capsule passage is confirmed by physician review of the MotiliGI graph or abdominal x-ray. An MRI test
performed with an ingested capsule may result in damage to the GI tract.
Warning
Instruct the patient to contact your office if he or she experiences acute pain, sudden nausea, or vomiting
beyond his or her typical pattern within 5 days of ingesting the capsule as these symptoms could indicate
bowel obstruction.
Warning
If you suspect bowel obstruction, treat consistent with your management of a foreign object causing
obstruction. Consider an abdominal x-ray to determine if the capsule is retained and its location within the
GI tract.
3. Schedule an appointment for the patient to return the data receiver.
The capsule typically passes naturally within 2–5 days after ingestion depending
upon the patient’s condition.