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Only two weeks until the ESCH-R Science Day and PAC Meeting!

Date: January 31, 2025
Location: UMC Utrecht
PAC Meeting (hybride) on invitation only (just for PAC members): 10.30 – 12.00
Science Day: 12.00 – 17.00 with drinks afterwards!

Since the beginning of 2024, we have been collaborating with industry to rethink and redesign medical consumables and packaging, following the 10-Rs circularity framework, to drive hospitals toward a circular future. How far has our research progressed? What educational resources and training programs on circular healthcare are already in place? Which products and services are now more circular? 

🤝 Who can participate?
Anyone with an interest in circularity in healthcare is welcome to join us! Additionally, all consortium partners are warmly invited to participate in our Science Day. Make sure to share this within your network!

Programme

PAC Meeting
10.30 – 11.00 – Coffee & Tea
11.00 – 12.00 – PAC Meeting (hybride) on invitation only (just for PAC members)

Science Day
12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch & walk-in
13.00 – 13.10 – Welcome by Nicole Hunfeld – Introduction status ESCH-R
13.10 – 13.30 – Keynote by Dr. Ravi Ravindran of the ARAVIND Eye Care System
13.30 – 15.00 – Update Work packages 1, 2 & 5
15.00 – 15.30 – Break – Demo’s of ESCH-R students of WP5
15.30 – 16.45 – Update Work packages 3, 4 & 6
16.45 – 17.00 – Reflection of the day by one of our societal partners
17.00 – Drinks

We are looking forward to your participation and to another productive and inspiring day together!

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ESCH-R PhD Training day “Impact Accelerator by Gupta Strategists”

Date: January 27, 2025
Time: 09.00 – 17.00 – including dinner at 17.30!
Location: UMCU, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht
Room: Vergaderzaal 19 and 27 – Enter through main entrance and go straight ahead. Pass the ‘elevator square’ and next to the right.

Dear ESCH-R PhDs and PostDocs,

Countdown to our ESCH-R & Gupta Strategists Impact Accelerator Day on Monday January 27th!

Practical information
Time: 09.00 – 17.00
Dinner: 17.30 (on campus) – costs covered by ESCH-R project
Drinks: Bring your own cup with you!

One week in advance we will send you more information about the program. 

Please confirm to JC (j.c.diehl@tudelft.nl):
a)    If you will join the day program
b)    If you will join the dinner

Accordingly we can prepare the team compositions for the workshop and the reservations for the restaurant.

For any questions in advance or during the day: my (JC) whatsapp 0624172040

See you soon!

Regards,  
JC, Jotte, Niels and Lisa

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‘New generation demands sustainable healthcare sector’ – An interview with Ellen Bakker (WP6 leader) in ‘Huiskamergesprekken over Toekomst van zorg’

September, 2024 – ‘Huiskamergesprekken over Toekomst van zorg’ published by De juiste zorg op de juiste plek.

An interview with Ellen Bakker (WP6 leader) is published in ‘Huiskamergesprekken over Toekomst van zorg’. This publication was created by Bureau &MAES on behalf of Jan Kremer, Special Envoy on ‘Passende Zorg’ of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport from the Netherlands.

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Significant shortages, but also widespread medication waste

January, 2025
Source: Algemeen dagblad via Instituut voor Verantwoord Medicijngebruik
Author: Ellen van Gaalen

Nicole Hunfeld – PI of ESCH-R – was interviewed by the national newspaper Algemeen Dagblad about Medicine Shortages and Large-Scale Medication Waste.

Include environmental sustainability in clinical trial design and implementation strategies: the BLING-III trial as an illustrative example

Date: 23 December, 2024
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 sep-tic shock compared with intermittent infusion [1]. The BLING III trial was part of this analysis [2]. The BLING III trial compared meropenem and piperacillin/tazobac-tam prolonged and intermittent infusions and an editorial about the implementation considerations was published recently in this journal [2, 3]. For both types of infusions, many medical products are needed, resulting in waste and environmental burden [4]. Environmental burden was not mentioned in the trial design and implementation strategy.

The healthcare sector contributes to over 5% of global carbon emissions, with intensive care units being significant contributors [5]. We advocate that the carbon footprint of medical treatments should be a relevant factor in decision-making and therefore be part of clinical trials and implementation strategies there-after. This is in line with The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine’s (ESICM) Green Paper aiming to address the challenge of environmental sustainability in intensive care and endorsing the need for integration of sustainability into research and clinical practice [5].

We are keen to post a bio of everyone involved in this project on the website and in the newsletter as well! 

Please share your bio and picture with maaike@esch-r.org.

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Webinar: Circular Strategies

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Webinar: Sustainable procurement

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Community of Practice for Nurses: Together Towards a More Sustainable Healthcare Practice

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Inaugural lecture Prof. dr. ir. Erik van Raaij

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Community of practice for Nurses: Together towards a more sustainable healthcare practice

Would you like to share your ESCH-R news? Whether it’s vacancies, new PhDs, student achievements, research updates, publications, tweets, media appearances, or anything else, we’d love to hear from you! 

Deadline for newsletter submissions: 13 February
Next newsletter: 20 February

Share your updates with us via info@esch-r.org, and we’ll include them in our next newsletter!

ESCH-R 

Email adress: info@esch-r.org
Email adress: ESCH-R@erasmusmc.nl
Website: www.esch-r.org