Stoma Site Care
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The Stoma Site should be kept clean and dry
at all times. It is important to clean your stoma
site daily with mild soap and warm water, or as
directed by your healthcare provider.
DO NOT ROTATE THE TUBE.
Gather the needed materials to clean your stoma
site. Materials: soap, clean cotton swabs or terry
cloth, and warm water.
ALWAYS wash your hands BEFORE touching
your G-JET
®
Button and skin around your stoma
site. Wash with soap and warm water, rinse
thoroughly and dry with a clean towel.
Clean the skin around your stoma site with clean
cotton swabs or a terry cloth using soap and warm
water. Work from the device outwards using a
gentle circular motion.
Clean the skin under your G-JET
®
Button with a
clean cotton swab or terry cloth using soap and
warm water as directed by your healthcare provider.
Rinse the entire site with warm water to remove all
soap residue and allow the stoma site to completely
air dry.
NOTE: BATH TIME. Patients tted with the
G-JET
®
Button are allowed to bathe and swim
(make sure the safety plugs are in place). A good
time for routine cleaning of the G-JET
®
Button is
during a bath. Make sure you allow the stoma site
to completely air dry afterwards.
X
DO NOT ROTATE DEVICE
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Always check your stoma site for redness, pain/soreness, swelling, or
unusual drainage. If any of these signs or symptoms are observed, contact
your healthcare provider for advice.
Gauze or pads are not necessary. If there is leakage, the G-J tube may be
too loose or too tight and should be remeasured. Contact your healthcare
provider to have your stoma site remeasured.
If the skin around the stoma is red or raw
If there is drainage around the site that is white, yellow, or green.
If this drainage smells bad
If crusting is noted at the site
If there is repetitive leakage of food or stomach contents
(gauze or pads should not be necessary)
If you experience diarrhea or vomiting
If you develop a fever
Pain at the G-J stoma site
Bleeding, puss or inammation at the G-J stoma site
If the tube falls out: ALWAYS have a spare G-TUBE, like AMT’s MiniONE
®
Balloon Button, to place in the stoma tract that is similar in size to your own
G-JET
®
Button. This will aid in keeping the stoma tract from closing.
Stoma Site Related Concerns:
Contact your healthcare provider if any of the following is observed:
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