How can Flexi-Seal® FMS be used in a long-term care setting, if it can be used only for 29 days?
Residents of long-term care facilities may have episodes of acute fecal incontinence with liquid or semiliquid stool. Flexi-Seal® FMS can be used as a safe and effective tool to manage such acute situations in a long-term care setting. When fecal incontinence with liquid stool is present, the patient will receive antidiarrheal therapy. As the stool becomes more solid, the use of Flexi-Seal® FMS will have to be discontinued, because it is indicated only for management of liquid and semiliquid stool. It is expected that, in most cases, this will occur in less than 29 days. If a patient requires fecal diversion for longer than 29 days, upon removal of Flexi-Seal® FMS, a clinician will need to decide which alternative fecal management method to use.
