Best Bedding Protection for Ostomy Patients

I'm still in the hospital after emergency surgery a week ago.

What products have ostomy folks used to protect their bedding from unexpected leaks, thank you for any recommendations

Hello dski46.  I have a mattress pad that supposely prevents leaks. What I did was bought a shower curtain, which you can get it from the dollar store.  I put it under my fitted sheet, then I bought disposables pads and put it over the fitted sheet. So when you go to bed your laying on the disposable pad. If you should have an accident just dispose of the pad. Most likely it wont make it through the sheet, if somehow the leak is that bad, the shower curtain is there. Hope this helps. I’m sure someone else will chime in. Good Luck!  Angelicamarie

wall mart sell a bed cover that you can put on your bed to prevent leaks from making to your bed its just like the ones you put on a babybed they dont make as much sound as you would think i had  bought two of them so whn one needed washing i had the other to put on i have a queen size bed they were about 40 bucks i think dont quote but close

the only problem with them is after you wash them a couple times and then the dryer destorys the plastic so just hang dry them they will last longer

For when I travel I use something I made. I use a king size pillow case, I cut a piece of mattress pad and a sheet of plastic to match the pillow case then pin them together and insert them into the pillow case. Use it plastic side down. At home I use a sheet protector under the fitted sheet.

I purchased some disposalable pads from Medical Supply (Vitality Medical) that work really well while staying at freinds or even for hotels.  Penguins7

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