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 Technoljournal_title
Environmental technologyauthors
Souza FS,Féris LAdoi
10.1080/09593330.2016.1255262subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-09-01 00:00:00pages
2217-2223issue
17eissn
0959-3330issn
1479-487Xjournal_volume
38pub_type
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