Stoma care accessories: an overview of a crowded market.

While many stomas do not develop any problems, up to 55% of them do. Stoma accessories are often used to either prevent stoma problems or resolve them, but there is a potentially baffling array of products available. This article provides an overview of the accessories currently available, to assist...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:British Journal of Community Nursing Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 24 - 30
Main Authors: Burch J, Sica J
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Mark Allen Holdings Limited Jan2005
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106621120&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 106621120
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        14624753
        GHA
      jtl: British Journal of Community Nursing
      issn: 14624753
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Jan2005
      vid: 10
      iid: 1
      pid: 11383
      pub: Mark Allen Holdings Limited
    artinfo:
      ui:
        106621120
        15781882
        2005070485
        10.12968/bjcn.2005.10.1.17331
        NLM15750497
        106621120
      ppf: 24
      ppct: 6
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
      tig:
        atl: Stoma care accessories: an overview of a crowded market.
      aug:
        au:
          Burch J
          Sica J
        affil: Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex; jennie.burch@nwlh.nhs.uk
      sug:
        subj:
          Ostomy Equipment and Supplies
          Information Resources
          Peristomal Skin Care
          Product Evaluation
          United Kingdom
      ab: While many stomas do not develop any problems, up to 55% of them do. Stoma accessories are often used to either prevent stoma problems or resolve them, but there is a potentially baffling array of products available. This article provides an overview of the accessories currently available, to assist the community nurse in the care of patients with stomas.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N