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ECET NEWS ECET European Council of Enterostomal Therapy
The European Council of Enterostomal Therapy The European Council of Enterostomal Therapy (ECET) – is a professional nursing society that supports its members by promoting educational, clinical and research opportunities to advance the practice and guide the delivery of expert healthcare to individuals with ostomy, incontinence and wounds.
Gabrielle Kraboth ECET President
Renata Batas ECET Public Relations Manager
More information www.ecet-stomacare.eu
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The objective of the association is to develop a professional identity at European level for all nursing personnel and healthcare professionals concerned with or active in the area of stoma therapy, incontinence and/or the treatment of wounds. n The main aims of ECET are: to establish European recognition of nurses specialised in the area of stoma care, incontinence care and/ or the treatment of wounds; n to bring together healthcare professionals involved in the care of stoma patients; the association must ensure the protection and defence of the professional interests of its members; n to promote research and ensure that know ledge remains up to date; n to encourage contacts and collaboration with the industry, distributors or official healthcare insurance organisations with the aim of improving the quality of the care and the various devices; n to organise conferences, seminars and short training courses; n to break down national barriers and to promote European identity; n to promote the exchange of information between various European countries by establishing efficient communication systems; n to develop teaching standards that are generally acceptable; n to promote stoma care according to quality and ethical standards.
Christel Ravenschlag, Jean Preston, Rosine Van den Bulck and Kirsten Bach-Olsen founded
ECET in 2002. The Association is located in Brussels, Belgium. During the ECET Conference 2013 in Paris, a new board was elected including Gabriele Kroboth (new president), Werner Droste (new vice president) and Renata Batas. The first board meeting was held in Salzburg in 2014. 2014 was a difficult year for ECET and it was uncertain whether the Association would be able to continue its work. During the WCET conference in 2014 it was therefore decided to skip the 2015 conference and focus on a reorganisation of the ECET. A new ECET The board members of ECET started on a very small budget. The initial objective was to establish a closer contact with all the European stoma associations and initiate a dialogue with them about the future role of ECET. One of the primary goals was to establish pan-European projects initiated by ECET in collaboration with the national stoma associations. In the process of rebuilding the Association, ECET re-designed the website, www.ecetstomacare.eu, with kind support from Coloplast and Hollister. The new website was launched in March 2017, and ECET is continuously working to develop the content. ECET also created a new logo and opened social media profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn. ECET was also supported by EWMA, as the EWMA Council invited the EWMA Journal 
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