Helpful Products / Adaptive Devices

Backpacks

• Backpacks Made for Kids with Pumps

• Infusion-Friendly Backpack

• Backpack for Small Children

• Infusion-Friendly Backpack

• Backpacks for Kids, Tubes Wraps, and Button Covers

• Custom Enteral Backpacks

• Any Backpack Can be Tube-Friendly

• Backpacks Made for Kids with Pumps 

Clothing/Accessories

• Shirts Provide Easy Access to Port
  

• Protecting Central Lines and Feeding Tubes - (List of pouches, clothing and other covers to protect feeding tubes and central lines)

• Listing of Many Types of Adaptive Clothing - (Not necessarily all for tube feeders)

• Swimsuit for Female EN Consumers 

• Tube Access Garments - specifically designed for tube fed children

More Products / Devices

• Recycling Medication Bottles

• Mattress Protective Covers, etc.

• Pill Crusher

• Mattress Genie

• Short Gut Wiki’s Product Page

• SureHands® Lift and Care System - (Offers a variety of lift system options to help physically-challenged men, women and children or their caregivers)

• The Wright-Stuff - (General health care products to make life easier)

• Lamp-IV Pole Combo

•  Makeshift IV Pole

•  Cart for HPN Storage, Preparation

•  O-Ring Syringes Easy to Use

•  Capping CRBSIs

•  Products to Clean and/or Protect a CVC Hub

•  No More Tangles - (Device keeps your tubes separate)

• Device Helps You Grip Connectors

•  Pill-crushing Solutions

•  Suggestions for Holding/Securing Tubes

•  Stands Offer a “Third Hand” for Tube Feeding

•  Bracelet Holds Medical Information

•  Lamp-IV Pole Combo

•  O-Ring Syringes Easy to Use

•  A Mechanical Pump: No Batteries Required

•  Washable Pads Wick Moisture Away

•  Feeding through an Ostomy Bag Using a Universal Catheter Access Port

•  Syringe Alternative (Device holds syringe for bolus feeding)

• Clamp Makes Hooking-up Easier (Hemostat clip prevents leakage)

• Bags Help Child with Motility/Pressure Issues (Farrell bags)

• Lopez Valve Helpful (in opening and closing tube for feeding, flushing)

• Excilon® Drain Sponges Hold Up Better

•  Low-Cost Alternative to Drain Sponge Dressings

•  Device Allows Feeding Tube to Go Through an Ostomy Bag Without Leakage

•  Adaptor on G-tube Keeps Breaking Off (Eraser/eye drop top good substitutes)

• Press’n Seal® Keeps G-Tube Port Closed (Adhesive keeps G-tube port cap on)

• Elongated Toilet Bowl More Convenient (for emptying ostomy bags)

• Bracelet Holds Medical Information

Kids

Keeping Them Mobile 

• Vygon Tubing - (Spiral IV extension tubing that expands and contracts to allow more freedom of movement -- like an old-fashioned telephone cord.)

• Mobility Ball - (Allows baby/toddlers to crawl/walk without disrupting their feedings) 
  *Call Shawn and Pam Keener: (717) 468-8367

• Backpacks Made for Kids with Pumps

More on Kids

• Pediatric Rehydration

• Tools to Make Feeding Children Easier

Running

• Dehydration and Running (eclipse ball helps long distance runner stay hydrated)

Skin Care 

• Gentle on Hands

Social / Travel / School 

• Portable IV Pole - (very lightweight, aluminum)

• Rolling Cooler Makes Travel Easier

• Infusion-Friendly Backpack

Swimming / Bathing

• Water Protection for Swimming/Bathing

Updated 9/04/16