Items that can serve as sources of infection (tampons, intravenous lines) should be removed. Other foreign bodies present that are likely sources of infection (for example, artificial grafts, artificial heart valves, or pacemakers) may need to be removed if appropriate antibiotic therapy is unsuccessful.
How to Clean Your Colon. advertisement. The adult colon, also called the large intestine, is about 5 feet long. Its job is to absorb water and salts from partially digested food that enters from the small intestine and then send waste out of the body.
According to the Mayo Clinic (Digestion: How long does it take?), it would take 6 to 8 hours for basic digestion (i.e. through stomach and small intestine), and then another 40 hours on average to get through the colon (33 hours for men, 47 hours for women).