Peristomal sore skin: assessing the effect of an alginate wafer

Peristomal skin problems affect a significant number of ostomists leading to problems with skin integrity and pouch adherence. This can begin to have a very negative impact on an ostomist's quality of life. The case studies within this article look at the use of an integral skin healing dressing, alginate, within the flange of a stoma bag and its effect on skin healing and patient quality of life. The patients and stoma care nurses have kindly agreed to allow their experiences to be published-all patients are anonymous.