Stefan Demur1, Bec Hook2 1Stefan Demur RN STN Clinical Nurse Consultant, Stomal Therapy, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health 2Bec Hook, RN STN, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Stomal Therapy, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health Abstract: Abdominal surgery creates a weakness in the...
- November 18, 2016
Desiree Davies1 1 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, 6009, Desiree.Davies@health.wa.gov.au Stomal therapists are faced with many challenges, fundamentally their role is to maintain intact peristomal skin. Early this year a new skin barrier infused with ceramide, a natural component...
- October 19, 2016
Yuriko Yoshikawa1, Emiko Kasuya2 1 Shubun University Faculty of Nursing, 6 Nituko-cyo, Ichinomiya, Aichi, JAPAN, 491-0938, yoshikawa.y@shubun.ac.jp 2 Shubun University Faculty of Nursing, 6 Nituko-cyo, Ichinomiya, Aichi, JAPAN, 491-0938, kasuya.e@shubun.ac.jp BACKGROUND: Subsequent bodily changes can affect daily life and...
- October 17, 2016
Paris Purnell RN STN1 1Senior Manager – Clinical Education, Liberty Medical, 6/345 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, VIC, 3207. paris.purnell @hollister.com The soft convex concept has been utilised for many years to manage or prevent leakage with ostomy patients. This method...
- October 17, 2016
Elizabeth Lupschen RN STN1, Paris Purnell RN STN1 1 Clinical Nurse Consultant – Stomal Therapy, Royal Brisbane Hospital, QLD, Australia 2 Senior Manager, Clinical Education, Hollister Incorporated Stoma management can be made more challenging when it involves not only managing the...
- October 17, 2016
Paris Purnell RN STN1 1Senior Manager, Clinical Education, Hollister Incorporated The ability to control odour, prohibit leakage of stoma effluent through a filter, and manage pouch ballooning from gas associated with a stoma are the primary functions of an...
- October 17, 2016
Paris Purnell RN STN1 1Senior Manager, Clinical Education, Hollister Incorporated A multi-national evaluation of a ceramide infused ostomy skin barrier (CeraPlus)1 was conducted in 2015 and 2016. The evaluation involved 184 stoma care nurses from four countries involving 284 patients. The...
- October 17, 2016
Paris Purnell RN STN1 1Senior Manager, Clinical Education, Hollister Incorporated The importance of maintaining peristomal skin health in ostomy care cannot be overstated. However, maintaining healthy peristomal skin can be a challenge for the patient and the STN. Because skin...
- October 17, 2016
Jennifer Gallaher1 1Level 5,Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Cnr Kessels & Troughton Rd, Coopers Plains, Brisbane, Queensland, 4108, Australia. jennifer.gallaher@health.qld.gov.au A man presented for emergent surgery for perforated diverticulum. In mid-February 2016 he underwent a Hartmann’s Procedure with formation of...
- October 17, 2016
James Davis1, Anna McLister1, John Macrae1 1 Ulster University, Jordanstown , County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT37 0QB Background: Although there have been a multitude of advances in the treatment and management of ostomies in recent years, the potential for...
- October 17, 2016