Ostomy Supply Accessories That You Need On Daily Basis

When you are allowed to go home after an ostomy surgery, you are given medical supplies and a long list of instructions on how to use those supplies. Ostomy bags and flanges are among the basic supplies that you are obviously going to need for an essential ostomy management. What we are talking about here is the use of accessories which are meant to make the entire ostomy management a lot easier.

Bag-It-Away Ostaway X-Bags

Dealing with the use ostomy pouches is nothing less than a concern because you don’t want others to see the pouches filled with stomal output. That’s why you are going to need Bag-It-Away Ostaway X-Bags which are leak-proof and odor reducing bags primarily used for the disposal of ostomy bags and other supplies.

It’s a quiet bag and it is made with a film that can absorb light. Thus, the content inside the bag are not going to be visible at all. You can use these bags for the disposal of all types of ostomy bags produced by all of the ostomy bag manufacturers.

KEM Osto-EZ-Vent - Air Release Vent for Ostomy Bags

These vents are made to prevent ostomy bags from getting inflated due to release of gas from the ostomy. The use of this vent allows you to avoid the hurdle of detaching bag from the wafer. Instead, all you have to do is to open the vent and let the air to escape from the bag. The reason this air pressure needs to be avoided is that this pressure can result in the pouch explosion or wafer pulling away from the abdomen causing leakage. It is worth mentioning that building up of air pressure inside the bag is a real problem that ostomates face. The air release vent help ostomates deal with this issue in a smart manner.

Colo-Majic Disposable Liners

In certain situations, you may not want to keep consuming a lot of ostomy bags and throwing them away every day. That’s where you can consider using disposable Liners which are the biodegradable, flushable, and discrete liners. These liners can help increase the pouch wear time by many days. It looks quite practical too. All you have to do is to insert a liner into the pouch and let this liner receive the stomal output. Once the liner is filled, you can take it out and throw it away. The pouch will be clean so you can insert another liner.