ConvaTec, a developer and supplier of medical technologies for community and hospital care announced that use of ConvaTec Moldable Technology Skin Barriers help maintain skin integrity and improve peristomal skin issues in stoma patients.
According to officials the preliminary observational study results were presented at the 11th Congress of the European Council of Enterostomal Therapy (ECET) in Bologna, Italy.
In a release lead investigator Daniele Chaumier, ET Nurse, Hopital Tenon, Paris, said, “Peristomal skin integrity plays an important role in stoma management, and the selection of a skin barrier is the first line of defense in maintaining healthy skin. The preliminary results observed in this study, conducted in routine care, show that utilizing this unique skin barrier technology can improve peristomal skin issues and prevent their occurrence.”
The two month observational, prospective study titled OSMOSE studied the progression of peristomal skin conditions in stoma patients using ConvaTec Moldable Technology Skin Barriers in 100 active centers in France.
Comprising of two divisions, one part of the study involved patients using ConvaTec Moldable Technology Skin Barriers as their first system after surgery. The other division studied patients using ConvaTec Moldable Technology Skin Barriers as a replacement for another device due to a reported peristomal skin issue.
Assessment processes considered patient satisfaction and the potential impact on quality of life. The patients were evaluated by clinicians using the SACS Instrument, a content-validated instrument that can assess and classify peristomal skin lesions by type and location in relation to the stoma, explained officials.
The SACS Instrument provides a standard universal scale for assessing and classifying peristomal lesions by type of lesion and the topographical location of skin breakdown. Initially developed by a consensus of Italian healthcare professionals and endorsed by the Italian ET association (AIOSS) it was later content validated in the U.S.
ConvaTec Moldable Technology Skin Barriers were lauded by most participants with respect to comfort, ease of molding, ease of application and removal, level of confidence and overall evaluation.
ConvaTec Moldable Technology Skin Barriers with Rebounding Memory Technology are the only skin barriers that feature tri-laminate construction that follows the shape and contours of the stoma, said company sources.
In related news HealthTechZone reported that the Premier healthcare alliance announced in January 2011 that new agreements for enterostomal therapy products have been awarded to ConvaTec Inc. and Hollister Inc.
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