Ostomy Bag Cleaning Device

Lingerie and cummerbunds made to conceal a pouch or hold it in place are available from specialty retailers.

Ostomy bag cleaning device. This device is cumbersome to use and does not provide for a simple cleaning of the colostomy bag without removal from the person. Both versions use a pressurized handheld sprayer. Gently remove the pouch by pushing the skin down and away from the adhesive skin barrier with one hand. My name is ken schena and i have a permanent colostomy.

Once you have your new pouch cut the flange to fit your stoma and put a little baby oil in the bag to keep stool from sticking to it. Do not use soaps that have oil or perfumes. Use an opaque pouch or try a pouch cover. Before i discovered the opodd tm it was a slower and much less thorough job to clean my ostomy bag.

An ostomy bag cleaning device 10 for introducing water into an ostomy bag 12 in order to loosen and evacuate waste contained therein and retain evacuated waste material until sanitarily disposal thereof. With the other hand pull the pouch up and away from the stoma. Check the seal to make sure it s tight. Empty the pouch before removing.

Take steps before intimacy to feel more confident. Use mild soap and water. The fixed system hooks up to a toilet water supply semi permanently as shown above left. Pat your skin dry.

Just click the front cover picture and you may view the entire 3 page article. The cleaning device 10 includes a pump reservoir 14 for storing clean water to be used as a cleaning medium for an ostomy bag 12. 5 454 389 teaches an ostomy bag cleaning device that incorporates a mechanism for introducing water into a colostomy bag and then evacuate the waste material into a storage chamber. The comfort convenience and easy cleaning offered by this product confirms that necessity is truly the motherhood of invention.

Empty and clean your ostomy pouch. I highly recommend the opodd tm to any ostomate captain doug s. When the pouch is removed use warm water and a dry wipe with mild fragrance free soap to clean around the hole in your body which is called the stoma. It s a new exit route for waste if you can t poop or pee the way you usually would.

Now that i have the device i know i am cleaning it out better and it is so quick and easy to do. Airline pilot read what people are saying. Ask your ostomy nurse about companies that sell these products. An ostomy is a hole made by surgery to allow stool or urine to leave your body through your belly.

I designed the ez clean system pouch to make my life normal living with a colostomy.