Continence Care Management: What a Health Care Professional Needs to Know

1. Dispelling Myths About
Bladder & Bowel Control
Continence Care Management: What a Health Care Professional Needs to Know
From The National Association For Continence

2. Myth:
Products can’t be worn around the clock
• Based on the concept that skin
“needs to breathe,” nurses were
advised in the past not to place
disposable briefs on residents
around the clock.
• Today’s nonwoven technology and
product versatility free clinicians
from this outdated myth. It is the
side panels of re-fastenable
garments that are breathable.

3. Myth:
Reusable and natural fibers are better for
the skin than disposables
• Reusable absorbents may cost
more to use, fail to wick away
moisture from the skin, and incur
higher labor and utility costs.
• Today’s advanced technology
allows layering superabsorbent
polymers with other high
performance materials to prevent
skin from being re-wet and to
provide fabrics with air flow to
permit trapped body heat and
perspiration to vent.