to the body in use and a wall not shown distal from the body in use the pouch has a lower edge 3 and an upper edge 4 when mounted on a person 39 s body in use proximal wall 11 of the bag 1 has an aperture 5 defined therein the aperture 5 being spaced apart from the upper edge 4 the aperture 5 is in register with a stoma not shown in use an annular ring 14 is disposed on the proximal wall 11 around the aperture 5 and the ring 14 has a portion of adhesive and a portion of antiseptic material disposed thereon there is a full ring of adhesive to provide the waterproof seal attachment members 7 17 are disposed on the proximal walls 11 of the bags 1 of fig1 and fig2 respectively and extend along the upper edge 4 of the respective pouches 2 it will of course be appreciated that the shape of the attachment members 7 17 is not limited to the two embodiments shown as it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that many shapes and sizes of attachment member will provide the same function and the attachment member may include such arrangements as a plurality of strips.