Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be observed while cutting the wafer/skin barrier as follows: Cutting the wafer too big or towards the edge can compromise the adhesive along the edge of wafer and result in poor attachment to the skin around the stoma. This can result in leakage of stool on to the skin, resulting in irritation of skin and injury. This can lead to the bag coming loose resulting in accidents. Also, do [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be observed while cutting the wafer/skin barrier as follows: The back of the wafers could have cutting guides, denoting the lines of cut appropriate to the individual stoma size. If the wafer has the cutting guide and the user is pretty aware of the stoma size, one can go ahead with cutting along the defined line to make a hole on the wafer appropriate to their stoma size. If [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on measuring the ileostomy site as follows: Measure your stoma regularly, preferably on every bag change, at least during the initial few weeks of initiating on ileostomy. The stoma size is likely to change the heavily during this time and proper measurement of stoma helps with proper fixation of bag, prevent leaks, and avoid irritation of skin around the stoma from leakage of stool. This also helps with the bag staying in [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on caring for the ileostomy site and skin around as follows: Use a fresh towel wet in warm water to clean the peristomal skin. Make sure the water is not hot, which can lead to a burn injury. If using the same towel to clean the skin around the stoma and the stoma, clean the skin around the stoma first and then the stoma. Cleaning the stoma first and then cleaning the skin [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on caring for the ileostomy site and skin around as follows: Avoid performing bag changes when the bowels are highly active. After removing the bag, if the bowels are highly active, this can result in spillage of stool out of the stoma and on to the surrounding skin. This can result in irritation of skin and over a period of time can lead to severe inflammation and injury. Picking a time for bag [...]