I am planning to conduct water play activities in a swimming pool for my group of PD patients. 1.What are the guidelines/ standard precautions that we need to take note of. 2.Any specific bag to cover the exit site or colostomy bag is just fine? 3. Anyone who wants to share experience?
I am planning to conduct water play activities in a swimming pool for my group of PD patients. 1.What are the guidelines/ standard precautions that we need to take note of. 2.Any specific bag to cover the exit site or colostomy bag is just fine? 3. Anyone who wants to share experience?
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I am planning to conduct water play activities in a swimming pool for my group of PD patients. 1.What are the guidelines/ standard precautions that we need to take note of. 2.Any specific bag to cover the exit site or colostomy bag is just fine? 3. Anyone who wants to share experience?

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⋅ ⋅ February 14, 2011

We generally discourage PD patients to swim in a public pool. Colostomy bag is good but it is important for patients to perform exit site care immediately after coming out of the pool (shower, dry, cleam with hypochlorite, and apply topical gentamicin).

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