Author: Esch-R

Next week ESCH-R PI Nicole Hunfeld will be organizing an interactive workshop about the 10-R framework and the ESCH-R project at CRISMA – the research institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, USA. Topics of this workshop? 10 R...

In the WP Lead meeting on 19 February 2025, the WP leads and project board of ESCH-R discussed how the workpackages collaborate with the companies involved in the consortium and the role each partner plays.  WP6 Lead, Ellen Bakker, provided insights into her workpackage, particularly on...

On Wednesday, February 12, ESCH-R project board member Erik van Raaij, Professor of Sustainable Procurement in Healthcare and WP 4 lead for ESCH-R presented during the third ESCH-R-webinar about sustainable procurement in the healthcare sector. Erik highlighted the critical role of...

Silke Rijcks graduated on January 29, 2025, from the Integrated Product Design master’s program at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, with a focus on sustainable design. Together with ESCH-R PhD candidate Jasper Klasen, Silke executed a Material Flow Analysis (MFA) at the Intensive...

In a circular hospital ecosystem, what value do you bring to the table? ✅ On Tuesday, February 11th, the second co-creation session of workpackage 4 took place at Microlab in Rotterdam. With all stakeholders in the room – ranging from raw materials suppliers, Original Equipment...

The WP leaders and their PhD’s gave an update on their efforts during the first annual ESCH-R Science Day 2025. The event was chaired by PI Nicole Hunfeld (Erasmus MC) and project board member Albert Wagelmans (Erasmus University). Keynote speaker The Science Day...

On January 27th, Gupta organized a solution-based thinking workshop for PhDs and Postdocs in the ESCH-R consortium. Designed in collaboration with Gupta Strategists, Niels Hagenaars, Lisa Vogelpoel, Anouk van der Schot, and TU Delft professors Jan Carel Diehl and Jotte de Koning, the workshop...

The partnership between Wittenburg Group and ESCH-R: How do they reinforce each other? 🏥🌍 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 Coordinator) and...

Two groups of students from the Care Innovation minor have worked on assignments for the ICU and Interventional Cardiology departments. The interdisciplinary assignments aimed to gain more knowledge and insight into so-called hotspots of materials used in these departments, with a focus on...

On Wednesday January 15, ESCH-R hosted the second webinar with Tamara Hoveling, PhD researcher at TU Delft, about Circular Strategies. Tamara’s background in industrial design and biomedical engineering has led her to focus on innovative, circular/sustainable approaches in clinical...

An inspiring co-creation session took place on Wednesday 15 January in our Living Lab at Erasmus MC as part of Work Package 5 of the ESCH-R project. Workpackage 5 Workpackage 5, led by Prof. Dr. Jan Carel Diehl, focuses on establishing Living Labs at Erasmus MC and UMC Utrecht,...

Only two weeks until the ESCH-R Science Day and PAC Meeting! Date: January 31, 2025Location: UMC UtrechtPAC Meeting (hybride) on invitation only (just for PAC members): 10.30 – 12.00Science Day: 12.00 – 17.00 with drinks afterwards! Since the beginning of 2024, we have...

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of circular interventions in hospitals and thereby lower the ecological footprint of the healthcare sector in terms of CO2 emission, material extraction and waste. Source: Algemeen dagblad via Instituut voor Verantwoord Medicijngebruik.Author: Ellen...

Authors: Jasper Klasen, Mirte M. B. Horstink, Nicole G. M. Hunfeld Abdul-Aziz et, al. published a systematic review and meta-analysis showing that prolonged infusions of β-lactam antibiotics are associated with a reduced risk of death in critically ill adult patients with sepsis or...