TU Delft engineers work with Erasmus MC and EUR on sustainable care

TU Delft engineers, including  Theresia van Essen, David Abbink en Jan Carel Diehl  are teaming up with medical professionals of Erasmus MC and researchers from EUR and TU Delft to work on sustainable care. Within three research programmes, they are committed to sustainable operating rooms, endoscopy and innovation for nurses.

The new sustainable programmes are SMART OR2023, Technological Innovations for Nurses, and Transition towards Zero Emission Endoscopy. They will receive €200,000 annually for four years from Erasmus MC to work on sustainable healthcare solutions. The programs were selected by Convergence Health & Technology, the collaboration between TU Delft innovators, Erasmus MC clinicians and EUR sociologists and economists.

Stefan Sleijfer, chairman of the Erasmus MC Executive Board:

“We face major challenges in healthcare, such as an increasing demand for care with a tight labour market and limited resources. In addition, as a healthcare system, we harm our living environment with all the waste we produce. Only together can we solve these challenges sustainably”

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