Literature Review: Evaluation of Drug Removal Techniques in Municipal and Hospital Wastewater.

ABSTRACT: There are several techniques for the removal of pharmaceuticals (drugs) from wastewater; however, strengths and weaknesses have been observed in their elimination processes that limit their applicability. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the best techniques for the removal of pharmaceuticals from municipal and hospital wastewater. For this, a non-experimental, descriptive, qualitative-quantitative design was used, corresponding to a systematic review without meta-analysis. Based on established inclusion and exclusion criteria, 31 open-access articles were selected from the Scopus, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and ScienceDirect databases. The results showed that high concentrations of analgesics such as naproxen (1.37 mg/L) and antibiotics such as norfloxacin (0.561 mg/L) are frequently found in was

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Serin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9602914 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature