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Keep up to date with the latest innovations and development in our fields of competence

Wound Care 21/09/2020

We take your feedback seriously

At HARTMANN UKI our aim is to continuously improve our offering and make the lives of nurses, doctors and patients that little bit easier. Our products are constantly tested and modified, following feedback from tissue viability nurses, podiatrists and many other specialists. Many of them are happy for this feedback to be shared, so that we can...

Continence Management 27/08/2020

New free Continence Advice Service provides discreet advice online

HARTMANN UKI has partnered with the Bladder and Bowel Community to introduce a new online continence advice service providing free discreet advice for sufferers and carers with bladder and bowel concerns. The service comes in response to the growing need of Community members for access to confidential, discreet advice. This is even more...

"I need courage as soon as I walk out the door"

Philipp Bosshard as the ambassador for IFV HARTMANN’s wound symposium.

Four years ago, Philipp Bosshard barely survived an accident at work leaving 88 percent of his skin burned. Ever since that day, his life has changed a lot. But one thing remained: the courage to carry on each day.

Clinical and scientific evidence

How treatment with Hydro-Responsive Wound Dressings (HRWDs®) is benefitting both patients and healthcare professionals.

Continence Management

Types of Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is a loss of bladder control and can affect anyone at any stage of life.

Continence Management

Leading an active life with urinary incontinence

As urinary incontinence symptoms can be unpredictable and embarrassing, it can be hard for sufferers to lead an active life. But that doesn’t need to be the case. Discover self-help techniques and discrete products that could help patients manage their condition.

Continence Management

Lifestyle tips; diet, routine and exercise

If you’ve been diagnosed with urinary incontinence, there is a lot you can do yourself to control or reduce your level of incontinence. Find out more.

Continence Management

Travelling with incontinence

An adult woman is standing outside with her mother; both are smiling happily.

A diagnosis of continence doesn’t automatically mean an end to travelling. With a bit of preparation, a carefully thought through plan and a few useful hints and tips, sufferers can continue to be independent and carry on enjoying a mobile life.

Continence Management

Loss of bladder control – understanding urinary incontinence

A young woman and an old man are walking together in a park.

Bladder control weakness affects men and women of all ages. Caused mainly by muscle weakness, there are many different forms of the condition including stress incontinence - which predominantly affects women – and overflow incontinence, which is particularly common among elderly men.

Continence Management

Everything INCO

Stories, articles, news, testimonials and more.

Continence Management

Consumer

This section is dedicated to those suffering with incontinence and here to support a person who is caring for somebody with incontinence.

Continence Management

Healthcare Professional

This section is designed for healthcare professionals and provides information on our products and services - supporting professionals to deliver effective care.

Wound Exudate Management

Preventing exudate-related complications. Helping patients regain lost confidence.

Clinical challenges and therapeutic updates in wound exudate

The first Wounds International webcast of 2019

Continence Management

Incontinence is a global issue

Proving that you’re not alone — this World Incontinence Week, we are discussing eight different cultures and how they deal with the topic. Join the conversation!