TY - CHAP

T1 - Emissions from Medical Care Units

AU - Kümmerer, Klaus

PY - 2004

Y1 - 2004

N2 - After administration, pharmaceuticals are excreted and released into the aquatic environment via wastewater effluent. Unused drugs are sometimes disposed of down drains, and, unless they are biodegraded or eliminated during sewage treatment, traces may enter the aquatic environment and eventually reach drinking water. It is also hypothesised that antibiotics and disinfectants disturb the wastewater treatment process and the microbial ecology in surface waters. Furthermore, resistant bacteria may be selected in the aeration tanks of STPs by the antibiotic substances present.

AB - After administration, pharmaceuticals are excreted and released into the aquatic environment via wastewater effluent. Unused drugs are sometimes disposed of down drains, and, unless they are biodegraded or eliminated during sewage treatment, traces may enter the aquatic environment and eventually reach drinking water. It is also hypothesised that antibiotics and disinfectants disturb the wastewater treatment process and the microbial ecology in surface waters. Furthermore, resistant bacteria may be selected in the aeration tanks of STPs by the antibiotic substances present.

KW - Chemistry

KW - Sewage Sludge

KW - Benzalkonium Chloride

KW - Cytostatic Agent

KW - Hospital Effluent

KW - Medical Care Unit

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c1031ebd-57b2-3ac0-8480-8f3801ffd45f/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_3

DO - 10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_3

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 3-540-21342-2

SN - 978-3-662-09261-3

SP - 27

EP - 44

BT - Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

A2 - Kümmerer, Klaus

PB - Springer

CY - Berlin

ER -