title: Stoma care in the community.
abstract: There are over 100 000 people in the UK with a stoma. For nurses working within the community and dealing with a variety of conditions, making a decision regarding the most appropriate stoma appliance to use on ostomates can be a challenge. This article gives a general overview of stomas and stoma appliances. It then discusses the various stoma accessories and gives recommendations for when and how they should be used.
authors.affiliation: Enhanced Recovery Nurse Facilitator, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex.
authors.forename: Jennie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burch
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing*; D054047:Surgical Stomas
keywords: Accessory; Appliance; Colostomy; Ileostomy; Stoma; Urostomy