Different Ways To Store Your Ostomy Supplies

Your organizational skills have a significant role in how well you manage your ostomy. Managing an ostomy requires the right use of supplies at the right time. And that has everything to do with how easily you can access your ostomy supplies and accessories when you need to change the pouching system. If you organize everything well and you remain mindful of this organization, you can manage your ostomy in a significantly better way.

Now, how you want to organize your supplies depends heavily on your organizing habits. There are no set rules for how to organize your supplies. However, you may still want to learn a few additional organizing tips, which we are going to mention here in this article.

Keeping everything together but separate

You can clear out a shelf in the bathroom and dedicate it for storing your ostomy supplies only. To make them easy to grab, line the boxes up by type. You can place items like sprays, scissors, a pen, a mirror, or anything that is not disposable in a basket. You can easily clutch that basket at the time when you need to change the pouching system.

This method works well when you have no shortage of space. The most significant advantage of this method is its ability to provide a clear visual of everything so that if you are getting low on something, you can replenish it before it finishes.

Grab and go

A grab & go solution is perfect in a situation when you need to be gone from your home for a few days. As the name suggests, grab & go solution utilizes a bag, a mini-cooler, or anything that can fit the required amount of supplies. If you are using a box or mini-cooler, you are going to need several zip-lock bags to pack each category of items that you need at the time of bag change. And if you are storing your supplies in a travel bag, you may not need zip-lock bags, as a travel bag usually has a lot of compartments. In the main storage section of the bag, you can store all of the ostomy bags that you are going to need when you are away from your home.

A significant benefit of this method is that it allows you to keep all of your supplies in one place. If you think that your supplies will be subjected to sudden temperature changes, you can consider using a mini-cooler without ice. The insulation this cooler can provide keeps the inner contents safe from the effects of temperature changes outside the cooler.

As mentioned above, the way you store your supplies depends on your organizing habits. The above-described organizing techniques are tried and tested ones. But this doesn’t mean that you must go with one of these techniques even if something entirely different works perfectly fine in your case.

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