Win-Z

The main objective is to break the implementation deadlock of sustainable incontinence care. We achieve this by validating a 'washable incontinence system' that integrates logistics, economics, and user dignity, delivering the evidence base required for national upscaling.

The result of WIN-Z is a validated washable incontinence system for healthcare institutions that meets the needs of end users: clients and healthcare professionals. The validated system can then be upscaled across the Netherlands and serve as a catalyst for the transition to sustainable healthcare.

The project takes an integrated approach through two work packages:

• Inventory and selection of existing washable incontinence materials and washing systems and pilot in testing grounds,
• Creation of a washable incontinence system.

This project contributes to the achievement of the SDGs. Primarily, it contributes to SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being); SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation); and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).

The project is co-financed by Health Holland PPS Grant.

This project makes a unique and scientifically substantiated contribution to the field of sustainable healthcare by creating, for the first time, an integrated, practice-based and multidisciplinary insight into the feasibility of washable incontinence materials for adult target groups across the chain. The project fills a substantial knowledge gap regarding the environmental, cost and dignity effects of reusable incontinence products in healthcare institutions, which is necessary to accelerate the transition to washable products.