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How do you redesign a medical device to be both circular and nurse-friendly? Nine Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) students from the TU Delft took on the challenge! They redesigned the urine meter with a focus on circularity, as part of the Product Futures course during the last...

Nine Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) students from the TU Delft took on the challenge! They redesigned the urine meter with a focus on circularity, as part of the Product Futures course during the last semester. This project was carried out in collaboration with the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)...

Last week on Wednesday June 4, Prof. Dr. Ir Erik van Raaij, board member of ESCH-R and WP4 lead, delivered his inaugural lecture as new chair “Sustainable Procurement in Health Care” at Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) and Rotterdam School of Management,...

On Wednesday, the 28th of May, Nicole Hunfeld (Principal Investigator ESCH-R) presented about: “The Green ICU: How can we make impact together?”.  Intensive Care Units (ICU) are among the largest polluters within Dutch hospitals. According to the 2023 Lancet Countdown report on health...

You can’t avoid it in many hospitals: a giant paracetamol rolling through the corridors. This giant pill is part of the ‘paracetamol challenge’, started by hospital pharmacist Nicole Hunfeld at Erasmus MC. In this video, Hunfeld tells more about the challenge: “Tablets...

On Monday, May 19th, Jasper Klasen, PhD student in WP5 for the ESCH-R project, had the honour of presenting the ESCH-R initiative to a delegation of top-level managers and cardiologists from healthcare institutions from Poland. This insightful meeting was organized by the Ministry of Health,...

On May 26th, the ESCH-R PhD community came together at UMC Utrecht for an inspiring and hands-on PhD Day focused on co-creation and circularity in healthcare. Morning Session: Co-Creation Workshop Led by Jotte de Koning and Ayşegül Özçelik, the morning kicked off with an interactive...

On May 13, Work Package 4 took the next step in defining the circular healthcare ecosystem through a co-creation process. Building on the key stakeholders identified during the session of 11 February, they explored their roles, activities, and characteristics, as well as what they would need to...

Op donderdag 19 juni organiseert ESCH-R de volgende Community of Practice speciaal voor verpleegkundigen en hun opleiders: een online meeting van een uur waarin we concrete ideeën met elkaar delen over hoe we met elkaar de zorg kunnen verduurzamen. Praktische detailsDatum: 19 juni 2025Tijd:...

Figure 1. MFA of the ICU of Erasmus MC University Medical Center in 2023. Functional groups are shown on the left. The flow continues towards medication dosage forms and leaves the ICU with the outflow on the right side. *In 2023, only packaging materials from CRRT related infusion bags...

Our third ESCH-R Podcast! A circular approach for medical devices in action: Ecodesign with Philips 🏥🌍 Join us as we explore the challenges and opportunities in transitioning healthcare towards a more circular future! In each episode, hosted by Nicole Hunfeld (ESCH-R Principal...

At the beginning of April, Maurice Kloos, a student from Hogeschool Rotterdam, and Jasper Klasen, ESCH-R PhD student, began working on an ambitious task: mapping the complete material flow within the Interventional Cardiology department. To achieve this, Maurice and Jasper are conducting a...

On the 23rd and 24th of April Ellen Bakker, WP6 lead of ESCH-R, accompanied Rienke de Jong, a nursing student from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and intern, in two focus group discussions with nurses, nursing students, and maternity care assistants at the Obstetrics Department of...

On Friday April 25th, Fiene Kuiper, Master Student Integrated Product Design at the TU Delft, presented her graduation project called: “Sensing a Sustainable Future”. During her graduation project Fiene has analyzed and redesigned pulse oximeters from a circularity perspective in...