PROGRAMME

Session 15(P) - Emerging Pollutans

Prof. Nikolaos Thomaidis, Dr Pablo Gago-Ferrero

Combining consumption-based approach and chemical analysis for identifying pharmaceuticals occurrence in hospital wastewater

B Friday 29 July 15:31 - 15:31

This study aims to compare and correlate the concentrations of pharmaceutical found in hospital wastewater via chemical analysis with those estimated based on consumption data. For this reason, wastewater samples were collected from different points of the sewerage system serving a Greek hospital and analysed using LC-QTOF-MS for more than 200 compounds. Consumption data were collected in parallel from the hospital pharmacy and used for finding the Predicted Environmental Concentrations of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater. The measured concentrations on found pharmaceuticals were different between different days and point of sampling. Significant agreement was found between wastewater analysis and consumption data for some pharmaceuticals, while poor correlation for others.

Mrs. Athanasioa Iliopoulou
University of the Aegean Graduate student
Mr. Stelios Gyparakis
Hellenic Mediterranean University Researcher
Dr. Olga S Arvaniti
University of the Aegean Researcher
Mr. Ioannis Sabathianakis
Hellenic Mediterranean University Researcher
Mr. Evangelos Karagiannis
Medical Waste SA Researcher
Dr. Maria-Christina Nika
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Prof. N Thomaidis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Professor
Mrs. Niki Kanellopoulou
University of the Aegean Student
Mr. THRASSYVOULOS MANIOS
Hellenic Mediterranean University Professor
Prof. Michalis S Fountoulakis
University of the Aegean Assistant Professor
Prof. Athanasios S Stasinakis
University of the Aegean Associate Professor