In recent years interest in the fate of chemical compounds in the aquatic environment has
increased. There are many reports of the presence of chemical compounds such as …

Hospital wastewaters contain a variety of toxic or persistent substances such as
pharmaceuticals, radionuclides, solvents and disinfectants for medical purposes in a wide …

Hospital effluents are the sources for complex high percentage of micropollutants and till
date no specific treatment have been investigated for the removal of pollutants. These …

This study overviews lessons learned from experimental investigations on dedicated
treatment systems of hospital effluent carried out worldwide in the last twenty years. It …

Laboratories, dialysis units, and other similar facilities are important sources of negative
contribution to wastewater from healthcare facilities. They dispose of pharmaceutical …

Hospital wastewater contains several micro and macro pollutants that cannot be removed
efficiently by conventional treatment processes. Thus, generally hybrid and multistage …

Aims: To investigate the bacterial diversity, antimicrobial resistance patterns and types of
beta‐lactamase genes in Gram‐negative bacteria isolated from a hospital sewage treatment …

Hospital wastewater has been described as an important source of spreading pathogenic
microorganisms in the environment. However, there are few studies reporting the presence …

This chapter provides an overview of the current management and treatment of hospital
wastewater in Asia, Africa, and Australia. Twenty peer reviewed papers from different …

Effective and sustainable treatment of hospital wastewater containing high concentration of
pharmaceutical compounds presents a pivotal challenge to wastewater and environmental …