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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Antimicrobial resistance may develop in nature including in hospital wastewater through horizontal genetic transfer. Few studies were conducted on the antimicrobial resistance genes in hospital wastewater and wastewater isolates in Indonesia.
Dewi Santosaningsih +3 more
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Field hospital wastewater treatment scenario
Ecological Questions, 2019 In extreme situations with a large number of victims, field hospitals are deployed to provide patients with medical treatment. The large number of patients with different types of medications used generates the problem of hospital waste accumulation, including hospital wastewater (HWW).
Nadeem Ahmad Khan +4 more
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Frequency Assay of qnr Genes in Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Hospital and Urban Wastewaters in Karaj City [PDF]
آب و فاضلاب, 2021 In recent years, because of excessive and unregulated use of antibiotics, the threat of acquisition of antibiotic resistance by pathogens is growing. Hospitals are hotspots for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) and will be ejected from hospitals via
Shirin Rezakhani +2 more
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Analysis of Wastewater Management Systems at Bhayangkara Hospital, Palu
Journal of Public Health and Pharmacy, 2021 This study aims to determine the wastewater management system at Bhayangkara Hospital, Palu. In carrying out their activities, hospitals produce liquid waste that can interfere with health.
Siti Fatimahi, Miswan, Nur Rismawati
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Hospital Wastewater Genotoxicity [PDF]
The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2005 Hospitals represent an incontestable release source of many chemicals compounds in their wastewaters, and which may have an impact on the environment and human health. Indeed, some of the substances found in wastewaters are genotoxic and are suspected to be a possible cause of the cancers observed in the last decades. To study the toxicity and the risk
B, Jolibois, M, Guerbet
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Moving Bed Sequenced Batch Reactor System in Tetracycline Antibiotic Removal from Real Hospital Wastewater [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2023 Background: Water contamination by synthetic organic chemicals like antibiotics is a major environmental issue. Tetracycline (TC), an antibiotic in a wide family, is notable.
Roya Mafigholami +3 more
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Machine learning approach to predict quality parameters for bacterial consortium-treated hospital wastewater and phytotoxicity assessment on radish, cauliflower, hot pepper, rice and wheat crops [PDF]
, 2022 Raw hospital wastewater is a source of excessive heavy metals and pharmaceutical pollutants. In water-stressed countries such as Pakistan, the practice of unsafe reuse by local farmers for crop irrigation is of major concern.
Ali, Sikander +20 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in hospital wastewater poses a great threat to public health, and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play an important role in reducing the levels of ARB and ARGs ...
Xueli Ma +20 more
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Water Science and Technology, 2021 Hospitals are considered an important factor in the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARBs) and antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs). The purpose of this research was to characterize the microbial populations in hospital wastewater and investigated ...
Farzaneh Baghal Asghari +6 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Implications: Impact on Pregnant Women with Urinary Tract Infections
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022 Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) is one of the most common infections, especially among women. Presently accessible antibiotics are a clinician’s first line of defense to treat infections, but antimicrobial resistance menace to reduce their efficacy.
Rihana Begum Patnool +3 more
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