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The Bowel Management System (BMS)

Benefits

A Better Standard Of Practice For Clinicians. A Better Quality Of Life For Patients.

The Zassi BMS is a catheter system designed to safely and reliably divert, collect and contain potential harmful and contaminated gastrointestinal waste from bedridden and immobilized patients in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and home care.

  • Effective fecal diversion helps wound healing initiatives and protects patients (as shown in use on patient with pressure ulcer)
  • Unique patented design is well tolerated by patients as it conforms to anatomy
  • The Zassi Bowel Management System provides protection from fecal contact and contamination for patients and practitioners

It Works For Patients

Helps to reduce exposure to harmful stool by diverting fecal matter from:

  • Wounds
  • Burns
  • Suture Lines
  • Neighboring catheters and indwelling devices
  • Skin

It Works For Healthcare Professionals

  • Reduces contact with blood borne pathogens from patients with lower GI bleeding.
  • Reduces contact with feces which may prevent healthcare workers from becoming carriers of infectious organisms.
  • Provides a better way to manage all forms of stool, especially diarrhea.*

* As published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, August 2001, Volume 44, number 8, by Jaehwang Kim, MD

It Works For Hospitals

Controls and contains patient stools which may decrease the spread of antibiotic resistant organisms of GI tract origin throughout the hospital such as:

  • Clostridium difficile
  • Vancomycin & Gentamycin resistant Enterococcus
  • B-lactamase Producing Gram Negative Rods
  • Candida albicans

The Bowel Management System provides a means for improved labor productivity by offering healthcare workers a more efficient method to manage stool output in difficult to move patients such as the obese and injured.