How To Use Stoma Skin Barrier

Ostomy Accessories — When and How to Use Them

If your patient has recently had ostomy surgery or is just getting used to living with a stoma, they may be feeling a trivial overwhelmed past all the dissimilar ostomy products.

In addition to their pouching arrangement – which includes the ostomy pare barrier and a pouch – your patient may require the use of an ostomy accessory to heighten the performance of their system. Accessories may raise the article of clothing time of the peel barrier, prevent leakage, reduce odour and make pouch emptying easier. These are products like stoma pastes, barrier rings, adhesive removers and belts. For many patients, these accessories form a crucial part of their daily hygiene and ostomy care routine.

In this article, we will walk you through some products from our Adapt accessories range and tell you more about how they work. In each department, you lot volition also find a link to a guide that has more than data nigh using that particular ostomy accessory.

Adapt Flat Barrier Rings

Barrier rings are designed to protect the peristomal skin. The barrier ring will assist fill in uneven pare surfaces to heighten the fit of the skin barrier and help prevent leakage of stoma output under the skin barrier.

These barrier rings are flexible in pattern, meaning you can cut, stretch, or stack them together to assist improve the fit of a pouching system. They tin exist practical to the adhesive side of the skin barrier or straight to clean dry peristomal skin. They are available in dissimilar sizes and different thicknesses.

Please be certain to check out the newest product addition to the Suit barrier ring family –
The CeraRing Barrier Ring.

A step-by-step guide to using Suit Barrier Rings

Adapt Convex Barrier Rings

Hollister likewise offers a convex barrier band accessory. Convex bulwark rings help to provide a gentle convexity to a skin bulwark, which can amend the fit of the bulwark, minimize leakage, and protect the peristomal skin.

The Adjust convex barrier ring comes in a multifariousness of sizes and 2 unlike shapes – circular and oval – to accommodate many different shape stomas. The convex bulwark rings should be applied to dry peristomal skin convex side down or to the adhesive side of the skin barrier flat side downwards.

Please be sure to check out the newest product addition to the Adapt barrier convex ring family –
The CeraRing Convex Bulwark Ring.

A stride-by-step guide to using Accommodate Convex Bulwark Rings

Adapt Lubricating Deodorant

One problem many people living with an ileostomy or colostomy experience is pancaking. This term refers to a term used to describe stool that gets stuck at the top of a pouching system around the stoma. Because the contents can't driblet to the bottom of the pouch, it attaches to the height and may cause leakage issues or interfere with the role of the integrated ostomy pouch filter.

A lubricating deodorant works by making pouch emptying easier and can aid minimize stool from sticking to the pouch. It lubricates the inside of the ostomy pouch and helps the stool to flow to the bottom of the pouch. This production also helps to minimize smell upon emptying and with pouch change.

The Adapt lubricating deodorant is colorless, odorless, and available in bottle or packet form. You tin can apply it with each pouch modify and after the pouch is emptied to neutralise odor and aid stop the output from sticking.

Adjust Lubricating Deodorant

A step-past-step guide to using Adapt Lubricating Deodorant

Adapt No Sting Skin Protective Wipes

Living with an ostomy means having to wear an ostomy skin barrier for prolonged periods, and having to remove them from the skin with pouch changes. This may event in irritated or sore pare.

Suit no sting skin protective wipes provide a protective moving-picture show on the peel and acts as a protective interface between the skin and the ostomy skin barrier; helping to protect the skin when in contact with effluent and when removing adhesive products.

Apply the skin protective wipe to intact peel and allow to completely dry out before applying the ostomy peel barrier. It is non recommended, however, for apply with extended wearable skin barriers, as this may decrease wear time.

Adapt No Sting Skin Protective Wipes

A stride-by-step guide to using Adapt No Sting Skin Protective Wipes

Adjust Ostomy Belt

If your patient is looking for enhanced security with their pouching system, an ostomy chugalug may give them added confidence. Clinicians often recommend adding an ostomy belt (when used with a pouching arrangement) to enhance convexity and ensure a better fit with the skin barrier.

Patients tin can utilise our Adjust elastic belt with pouches that have belt tabs. Be certain that the the belt tabs face outward to the body and the belt is worn in line with the stoma. Be sure that the belt is snug only equally not too tight. Proper fitting will allow for ii fingers to slide comfortably between the belt and the peel.

This accompaniment is also adjustable and washable.

Adapt Ostomy Chugalug

A step-by-step guide to using an Adapt Ostomy Chugalug

Adapt Skin Barrier Paste

Adapt paste helps to provide a good seal between the stoma and the ostomy skin barrier. This can prevent stoma output from getting under the barrier and in contact with the patient's skin.

It acts as a caulk to fill in uneven skin surfaces and to help minimize the risk of leakage. Accommodate paste is Non an adhesive, and too much paste may interfere with a good seal.

They come in easy-to-squeeze tubes in two different sizes.

Suit Skin Barrier Paste

A stride-by-step guide to using Conform Pare Barrier Paste

Adjust Stoma Powder

Stoma pulverisation is a non-medicated powder used to absorb moisture from slightly irritated or moist skin effectually the stoma. By arresting moisture from pare around the stoma, the powder allows for better bulwark adhesion.

In that location is no medication in stoma powder; information technology just absorbs excess moisture, giving a pare bulwark a better risk to adhere to the skin. Dust the pulverisation on the affected peristomal skin but exist certain to castor off any excess powder, equally this may affect the barrier adherence. Exist sure to discontinue the stoma powder once the skin has healed. Some clinicians may recommend the use of a skin bulwark protective wipe over the powder but this is not ever necessary.

Adapt Stoma Powder

A step-past-pace guide to using Arrange Stoma Powder

Accommodate Universal Medical Adhesive Remover

The Adapt universal medical agglutinative remover helps to easily remove the ostomy skin barrier while reducing the potential for skin stripping. It also aids in the removal of whatever adhesive residuum on the skin.

As the remover is silicone-based and alcohol-free, there is no sting associated with the application of the production.

The agglutinative remover evaporates apace and dries without residue, and so the next pare barrier can attach securely.

The Adapt Remover is bachelor in a wipe or spray format.

Suit Universal Medical Adhesive Remover

A stride-past-step guide to using Arrange Universal Medical Adhesive Remover

If you're looking for more guidance on stoma care, you can find lots of useful information in our Hollister Ostomy Professional Resource. Here you volition find tips sheets covering a range of care bug. Alternatively, contact us today to ask united states of america any questions yous might have near ostomy accessories.