Glossary of Terms

Materials used to manufacture the pouch.

A disc of activated carbon in an ostomy bag that allows gas to escape and be deodorised. Filters are also often designed to reduce ballooning, pancaking and leakage.

An abnormal tube-like passageway between one hollow organ in the body and another hollow organ or the skin.

An adhesive plate to secure an ostomy bag to the body. Some flanges come attached to the bag as a one-piece system. Other bags can be removed from the flange on the body as part of a two-piece system.