Ostomy Awareness Day is held annually on the first Saturday of October. This day coincides with World Ostomy Day, a health observance where the world unites every three years to raise ostomy awareness. World Ostomy Day is sponsored by the International Ostomy Association. UOAA continues to sponsor and celebrate this day in the United States annually by spreading awareness and increasing national visibility of those living with ostomies. We will carry on breaking the silence and shining a positive light on what has saved so many lives.

- UOAA

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5 things you can do for World Ostomy Awareness Day:

1. Add an ostomy awareness frame to your social media profile pics and share posts about ostomy awareness.
2. Share the Ostomy Bill of Rights and ostomy information with your patients and the nurses at your facility.
3. Attend the Facebook Live Events and Webinars starting 9/27/21. Attend Ostomy Education Day on 10/2/21. 
4. Support or participate in the run for resilience ostomy 5k.
5. Make a donation to the UOAA or an ostomy support organization such as Kindred Box.

Go to www.ostomy.org/world-ostomy-day/.

Please see the attached information for ostomy and non-ostomy nurses and healthcare professionals.