Excellence in Ostomy Care
Soft, absorbent and effective Having an ostomy does not mean leakage. A pouching system that fits well, changing on a schedule that prevents stool or urine from getting on the skin, and emptying when the pouch is 1/3 to 1/2 full should all make leakage an event like putting your shirt on backwards - it [...]
Need to find a bathroom fast? Crohn's and Colitis Canada has a great app called "Go Here" for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Urgency (the need to use the bathroom right away), frequency (having to use the bathroom between five and 20 times per day) and pain can make living with IBD challenging. Having [...]
Visit Iceland with IDEAS and raise awareness for Crohn's, Colitis and Ostomy. IBD Awareness Trek into Iceland Rob Hill from Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society (IDEAS) is planning another trip - this time to Iceland! Previously, Rob has climbed the seven summits (the highest peak on each continent) to raise awareness about [...]
April 10 - 17 is ET Nurses week for 2016! Enterostomal Therapy (ET) nursing is the three-part specialty that deals with ostomy, wound care, and continence issues. In the US, this specialty is called WOC nursing for wound, ostomy, and continence. In the beginning, enterostomal therapists were not nurses, but people with an ostomy or their [...]
Welcome to our new website! We have been working on it for over a year, and we are really happy to have it finally released. We have built a large library of resources for patients, and are working on more. If there's something you have a question about that we haven't covered, send us your [...]
2004 8th Avenue
New Westminster, British Columbia,
Canada, V3M 2T5
© 2025 Ostomy Care & Supply Centre All Rights Reserved
Home | Contact | Terms of Use | Privacy