Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society., Guideline Development Task Force., et al.
Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy an.... Date of publication 2018 Jan 1;volume 45(1):50-58.
1. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2018 Jan/Feb;45(1):50-58. doi:
10.1097/WON.0000000000000396.
WOCN Society Clinical Guideline: Management of the Adult Patient With a Fecal or
Urinary Ostomy-An Executive Summary.
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society; Guideline Development Task Force.
This article provides an executive summary of the recommendations from the
Clinical Guideline: Management of the Adult Patient With a Fecal or Urinary
Ostomy, published by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN
Society). It presents an overview of the process used to update and develop the
guideline and lists specific recommendations from the guideline. We provide
recommendations that include the following topics: stoma construction,
preoperative education, stoma site marking, selection of an ostomy pouching
system, postoperative education, postoperative management issues, follow-up care
after discharge from the acute care setting, health-related quality of life, and
stomal and peristomal complications. The intent of the guideline is to provide
information that will assist healthcare providers to manage adult patients with
ostomies, prevent or decrease complications, and improve patient outcomes. The
full text of the published guideline, which includes available evidence
supporting the recommendations and a complete reference list, is available in
print and as a mobile application from the WOCN Society's online bookstore
(http://www.wocn.org). Refer to Supplemental Digital Content 1 (available at:
http://links.lww.com/JWOCN/A40) associated with this article for a complete
reference list for the guideline.
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000396
PMID: 29300288 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
