Using silicone technology to maintain healthy skin in stoma care

Abstract

The use of silicone in stoma care has grown in recent years and may be considered the next step in the revolutionary development of stoma-care products. Clinical nurse specialists aim to provide evidence-based care at all times, and the same is true for stoma-care nurses. Preventing harm by choosing products that have a sound research base provides the patients with up-to-date, quality care, which enables them to adapt to life with a stoma and return to 'normal' functioning. This article explores the issue of peristomal skin problems and the development of silicone products, and highlights scenarios where it could be an advantage to choose a silicone product.

Nursing care for infants after enterostomy: Experience with 483 cases over a 5‐year period

“…Skin peeling changes the nature of the skin barrier by exposing deeper skin cells to faecal matter and bacteria (Black ). A number of studies have shown that the postoperative application of a viscose peeling spray can prevent skin avulsion and protect the skin around the stoma (Stelton et al, ; Voegeli, ; White, ). When replacing the pocket, the opening chassis is first sprayed with a peeling spray.…”

Prevalence of medical adhesive-related skin injury at peripherally inserted central catheter insertion site in oncology patients

“…The prevalence of other skin lesions was not fully appreciated. In recent years, research into MARSI has concentrated on the elderly (6), postoperative patients (7, 8) and stoma patients (9). Most studies were only concerned with skin tear (10) and irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) (11).…”

Calidad de vida en personas portadoras de una ostomía digestiva.

“…Se encontraron 19 estudios en los que se menciona la afectación directa de la calidad de vida de las personas ostomizadas a causa de los tratamientos médicoquirúrgicos e intervenciones de enfermería efectuados para disminuir las complicaciones de la ostomía (35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44), la necesidad de contar con profesionales de enfermería entrenados en el manejo de los dispositivos de barrera para garantizar una adecuada educación y entrenamiento en el cuidado de la ostomía (45)(46)(47)(48), además de aspectos psicológicos, sexuales y religiosos relacionados con la presencia de la ostomía, los cuales generan alteración en el rol laboral y social, rechazo y problemas de exclusión en algunas poblaciones específi cas, cuya cultura difi culta vivir en sociedad con un estoma digestivo (49)(50)(51)(52).…”