Look Good Feel Good Award

The aim of this Joint ACA/PromoCon Award is to spotlight products, which are pleasing in appearance and satisfactory in performance, and to encourage manufacturers to give attention to the appeal factor at the design stage of new products.

The judging panel comprises representatives from Incontact, The Continence and Skin Technology Group, Association for Continence Advice and PromoCon

Only products that are exhibited at the ACA Conference, have been launched since the last ACA Conference or which have not been exhibited at an ACA Conference previously are eligible for the award. Judges are asked to consider the following, when selecting or marking products:

Do they look easy to use?
Are they discreet in use?
Are they secure in use?
Would they encourage the user to feel socially confident?
Are they pleasing in appearance?
Do they perform well?
Are they innovative?

Winner of the 9th - 2006 'Look Good, Feel Good' Award

Winner of the 8th - 2005 'Look Good, Feel Good' Award

Winner of the 7th - 2004 'Look Good, Feel Good' Award

10th Look Good, Feel Good Award

The ACA Conference at Manchester International Conference Centre, Manchester saw the presentation of the 10th annual ACA/PromoCon ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ Award to Coloplast for the Peristeen Anal Irrigation System.

Peristeen Anal Irrigation (also known as Trans-anal irrigation or rectal irrigation) is a unique way of emptying the lower bowel and is used to prevent faecal incontinence, constipation or simply as a method of bowel management. The winning product, Peristeen, is the only anal irrigation system available on prescription. It has been specifically designed to make it portable and easy to use, which offers independence and a sense of confidence to the user. It can be used by people with a variety of bowel problems.

Runners Up

In 2nd place - The UnoComfor disposable male urinal from UnoMedical. This innovatively designed single use disposable leak-proof male urinal with non-return valve can hold up to 1 litre of urine. Its unique design ensures that it can be used discreetly and the storage space required for a traditional single use male urinal is drastically reduced.

In 3rd place - The Abri-Man disposable male continence pad from Abena. Abri-Man is available in two different absorption capacities, Formula 1 and Formula 2 to meet individual needs. The products feature a self-adhesive strip which can be positioned in close fitting underwear. Alternatively, they can be used with the specially designed Abri-Fix Men Pants.

The aim of the Look Good, Feel Good award is to encourage manufacturers to consider the appearance of products as well as their performance. Very often a person with bladder or bowel problems will dismiss a product purely on its appearance without considering if the product would help them regain continence or manage their incontinence more effectively and enhance quality of life.

Companies exhibiting products at the ACA Conference were invited to enter any product that had been launched since the previous conference. Products were judged by representatives from the ACA, the Continence and Skin Technology Group, Incontact, the BioMed Centre and PromoCon.

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