Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Environmental and Health Impact of Hospital Wastewater

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Environmental and Health Impact of Hospital Wastewater narrates the origin (history) of pharmaceuticals discoveries, hospital wastewater and its environmental and health impacts. It covers microbiology of hospital wastewater (pathogens, multi-drug resistance development, microbial evolution and impacts on humans, animals, fish), advanced treatment options (including biological, physical and chemical methods), and highlights aspects required during hospital wastewater treatment processes. This book provides an amalgamation of all recent scientific information on hospital wastewater which is not available in the current literature. Introduces physical, chemical and molecular testing methods for the analysis and characterization of hospital wastewaterDiscusses the environmental impact and health hazards of hospital wastewaterDescribes the microbiological aspects of the hospital wastewater, like microbial community, metagenomics, pathogens, VBNC and mechanism of antibiotic resistance developmentExplains hospital wastewater and its role in microbial evolutionHighlights future treatment options, guidelines and drug disposal tactics INDICE: 1. Introduction to Wastewater Microbiology - Special emphasis on Hospital wastewater 2. Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals metabolites and byproducts in hospital wastewater 3. Physical, chemical and biological Impact (Hazard) of Hospital wastewater: possessing pharmaceuticals, pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes 4. Microbiology of hospital wastewater 5. hepatitis A 6. HIV 7. Cancer treatment chemicals and EDC (hormones) release and fate in HWW 8. Pharmaceuticals roles in microbial evolution 9. Present scenario in veterinary hospital (research-institute) wastewater microbiology 10. Bacteriophages isolated from HWW and its role in controlling antibiotic resistance bacterial pathogens 11. Development of molecular methods to control emerging drug resistance pathogens 12. Riboswitch and aptamers: Potential future targets to control drug resistance bacteria 13. Treatment of wastewater containing pharmaceuticals - Biological treatment 14. Role of Chemical treatments in pharmaceuticals degradation and its consequences and environmental risks 15. HWW treatment scenarios around the globe 16. Guidelines for hospital wastewater discharge 17. Future impacts and trends in treatment of HWW

• ISBN: 978-0-12-819722-6
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 612
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés