Consumption-based approach for pharmaceutical compounds in a large hospital.

Abstract:

:Hospital wastewater contains a great variety of pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs), mainly due to excretion by patients. These PhCs, called emerging pollutants, are not fully eliminated in treatment plants, and are consequently detected in various environmental matrices, contributing to bacterial resistance and adverse environmental impacts on water resources. This study explores a consumption-based approach to predict the contribution of PhCs to a Brazilian hospital's wastewater. This approach identifies the consumption of major pharmaceutical classes in the studied hospital. Overall, this approach demonstrates a unique opportunity to screen PhCs used in hospitals and identify priority pollutants in hospital wastewater.

journal_name

Environ Technol

journal_title

Environmental technology

authors

Souza FS,Féris LA

doi

10.1080/09593330.2016.1255262

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-09-01 00:00:00

pages

2217-2223

issue

17

eissn

0959-3330

issn

1479-487X

journal_volume

38

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