title: Care of patients with stomas: the pouch change procedure.
abstract: This article discusses basic stoma care in relation to management of the pouch change procedure in a ward-based setting immediately following planned stoma-forming surgery. The article highlights psychological and practical preparation of the patient. It describes the equipment that is needed to change a pouch and examines the rationale and evidence base for the procedure.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent. julie.rust@uhns.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rust
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009732:Nursing Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D054047:Surgical Stomas; D006113:United Kingdom