Resources

United Ostomy Association of America

Ostomy Magazine

• The Phoenix Magazine

Ostomy Care:

• Basic Ostomy Skin Care Guide by WOCN Society

• Ostomy Minute with Joy Hooper -Stoma Paste 

• Ostomy Minute with Joy Hooper-Creating a Good Seal Without Skin Residue

• Joy Hooper- Crusting Around An Ostomy Stoma

• Joy Hooper- Heale-ing Technique   (containing ostomy output during pouch changes)

• Ostomy101

• Understanding Convexity Skin Barriers and Rings

Exercises/Activity:

• Core Muscle Exercise for Ostomates

• Exercise Tips from Laura Cox, Shield’s Ostomy Lifestyle Specialist 

• Ostomy Exercise booklet from Colostomy UK

• Ostomy-Safe Exercises

Nutrition/Diet:

• Eating with an Ostomy (UOAA 2019)

• UOAA Ostomy Diet Guidelines

• Coloplast Ileostomy Specific Information

High Output Stoma/Syndrome:

• A Patient’s Guide to Managing a Short Bowel

• High Output Ileostomies: The Stakes are Higher than the Output  (professional journal article)

• Ostomy Hydration featuring Dr. Maitreyi Raman

Manufactures of Ostomy Supplies

Samples can be requested by contacting the company

• Coloplast

• ConvaTec

• Cymed

• Hollister

• Marlen

• Nu-Hope

• Safe n Simple

• Securi-T

• Torbot

Local Distributors

• Anything Medical – Bullhead City

• Uptown Drug – Kingman, does not accept insurance

Internet/Mail Order Distributors

• Byram

• Comfort Medical

• Edgepark 

• Nextra Health

• Parthenon

• Preferred Home Care 

• Shield

• Shop Ostomy supplies

• 180Medical 

Free Ostomy Supplies (donate to or request supplies)

• Friends of Ostomates Worldwide-USA

• Osto Group

• Ostomy 2-1-1

• Stomabags

• UOAA-emergency supplies

• Colorado River Ostomy Chapter members and facilitator