Ostomy Care solutions to help create healthy bonds
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“We are focused on supporting people with a stoma, commonly resulting from causes such as colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and bladder cancer. We create devices, accessories and services – to help patients create a healthy bond with their stoma, and then the world around them.”
}Bruno Pinheiro
President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Ostomy Care
At Convatec we develop and produce ostomy solutions for patients and those supporting them:
Pouching systems represent c. $2.1bn of the overall market and is growing at approximately 3.5%.
At Convatec we offer variety of one-piece and two-piece offerings.
The accessories market is worth c. $500m and has been growing at approximately 6%.
It encompasses things like belts, tapes, adhesives, skin protection and barriers and irrigation kits.
Our me+™ program offers support patients need. Everything from information about products, tips and advice for stoma care and a community to engage with. If patients have questions about living with an ostomy our me+ product specialists and ostomy nurses are available on the phone.
Our 180 Medical business, part of Convatec’s Home Services Group, is dedicated to providing high-quality supplies and A+ service and support.
Originally focused on serving catheter users it expanded to support Ostomy patients in 2020.
Up to 30% of patients admitted to the ICU experience fecal incontinence1 (FI) during their hospital stay. A serious threat to patients, FI also poses a significant challenge to hospitals to tackle.
Flexi-Seal™ PROTECT PLUS Fecal Management System is an indwelling fecal management catheter intended for use to manage fecal incontinence through the collection of liquid to semi-liquid stool and to provide access to administer medications.
1. Bayón García, Cristina & Binks, Rachel & De Luca, Enrico & Dierkes, Christine & Franci, Andrea & Gallart, Elisabet & Niederalt, Georg & Wyncoll, Duncan. (2012). Prevalence, management and clinical challenges associated with acute faecal incontinence in the ICU and critical care settings: The FIRSTTM cross-sectional descriptive survey. Intensive & critical care nursing : the official journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses. 28. 242-50.
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