My husband has a colostomy and recently had to change from Hollister (due to flange leakage) to Convatec closed end with filter bags. About every other bag is leaking through the filter. When I called Convatec and told them about the problem, the rep acted like she had never heard of this happening. Thinking this was a bad lot, she sent replacement bags. Unfortunately, those bags have leaked also. We tried putting the little stickers over the filter and even used duct tape, but both have leaked...ruining some good white shirts. Has anyone else ever experienced this? He really likes the filter so he doesn't have to worry about the bag ballooning. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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