[New technologies and techniques in the care of stomas].

The effective nurse role, stomatherapist or not, to select the devices used by the ostomy patient is only possible with the support of advanced technological improvements reached by the specific collecting systems in the stoma care and which are commercially available. With technological advances reached and associated with the proportional technical evolution, it is possible to give greater care to the stomas which will be ultimately reflected in the ostomy patient quality of life. Considering the technique in stoma care, we emphasise that the nurse, stomatotherapist or not, must be familiar with the collecting systems commercially available in order to make an adequate selection for the ostomy patient. Technological advances as well as technical evolution in the stoma care are responsible for the harmony of the triad ostomy/peristomal skin/collecting system used, facilitating self-care, improving quality of life and giving support not only to the physical rehabilitation but also to the ostomy patient psychological and social life.