Bacterial population changes in hospital effluent treatment plant in central India

Chitnis, V; Chitnis, Sheetal; Vaidya, Kishor; Ravikant, S.; Patil, Sandeep; Chitnis, DS

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2003.09.038

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“…Medical waste may contain highly toxic chemicals (Muhlich et al, 2003) and can present a mechanism for transmission of diseases (Chintis et al, 2004;Silva et. al.…”

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Quantitative assessment of medical waste generation in the capital city of Bangladesh

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“…Medical waste may contain highly toxic chemicals (Muhlich et al, 2003) and can present a mechanism for transmission of diseases (Chintis et al, 2004;Silva et. al.…”

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Quantitative assessment of medical waste generation in the capital city of Bangladesh

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“…Previous reports have shown that antimicrobial-resistant strains of bacteria are present in various effluents, such as hospital effluent discharge (8,10,16,21), inflow effluent to a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) (15), and outflow-treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant (2,12,13,18,27). A wastewater treatment plant treating effluent from hospitals may be associated with discharge of relatively high levels of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli compared with those of a plant treating municipal effluent that does not include hospital effluent discharge (22).…”

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Enumeration and Characterization of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli Bacteria in Effluent from Municipal, Hospital, and Secondary Treatment Facility Sources

Galvin

Walsh

Hickey

et al. 2010

Appl Environ Microbiol

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We describe a modification of the most probable number (MPN) method for rapid enumeration of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in aqueous environmental samples. E. coli (total and antimicrobialresistant) bacteria were enumerated in effluent samples from a hospital (n ‫؍‬ 17) and municipal sewers upstream (n ‫؍‬ 5) and downstream (n ‫؍‬ 5) from the hospital, effluent samples from throughout the treatment process (n ‫؍‬ 4), and treated effluent samples (n ‫؍‬ 13). Effluent downstream from the hospital contained a higher proportion of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli than that upstream from the hospital. Wastewater treatment reduced the numbers of E. coli bacteria (total and antimicrobial resistant); however, antimicrobialresistant E. coli was not eliminated, and E. coli resistant to cefotaxime (including extended-spectrum betalactamase [ESBL] producers), ciprofloxacin, and cefoxitin was present in treated effluent samples.

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“…Waste produced in the course of healthcare activities carries a higher potential for infection and injury than any other type of waste. It is therefore a necessity to make medical waste management an integral feature of healthcare services as inadequate and inappropriate handling of it may have serious impact on the environment (Chitnis et al, 2004). Although, medical waste constitutes a small fraction of the municipal solid waste, the potential environmental and health hazards could be dangerous if not properly handled, with its disposal posing more difficulties with the appearance of disposable needles, syringes and other similar items (Askarian et al, 2006).…”

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Evaluation of biomedical waste in Kogi State University Teaching Hospital, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria

Sawyerr¹,

Adeolu²,

Salami³

et al. 2017

J. Toxicol. Environ. Health Sci.

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Adequate handling, efficient treatment and effective methods of biomedical waste play a vital role in the hospital infection control programme. Inadequate management of healthcare waste is a serious concern in many developing countries due to the risks posed to human health and environment. This study evaluates the biomedical waste generated at the Kogi State University Teaching Hospital, Anyigba. Seven wards were selected within the health facilities to determine the quantities of waste. The result showed that total waste generated in seven consecutive days was 19.89 kg/week. The average waste generated in seven wards was 2.8 kg/week and average waste generated per day was 0.4 kg/day. The quantity of waste increased as the number of patients and visitors increased. There were non-availability of bags in all the bins used for waste collection, storage and the bins were not colour coded, neither was there segregation of waste in the seven units. The study equally showed that the waste collected from the hospital are subjected to open burning which may affect the health of the workers, patients, visitors and the residents. There should be proper management of healthcare waste which can be improved through employment and retraining of staff, provision of colour coded bins and at least an incinerator for waste treatment before final disposal.

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Bacterial population changes in hospital effluent treatment plant in central India

Cited by 87 publications

References 5 publications

Quantitative assessment of medical waste generation in the capital city of Bangladesh

Quantitative assessment of medical waste generation in the capital city of Bangladesh

Enumeration and Characterization of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli Bacteria in Effluent from Municipal, Hospital, and Secondary Treatment Facility Sources

Evaluation of biomedical waste in Kogi State University Teaching Hospital, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria

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