Determination of Pharmaceutical Residues by UPLC-MS/MS Method: Validation and Application on Surface Water and Hospital Wastewater

Table 4

Concentration of target pharmaceutical residues (µg L⁻¹) in hospital wastewater.

Analyte	In the influent					In the effluent
	CT_IN	ND_IN	NHD1_IN	NHD2_IN	NHD3_IN	LS_EF	RHM_EF	CR1_EF	CR2_EF	ND_EF	NHD_EF
CARBA	1.75	0.10	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	0.07	<MDL
OFLO	18.00	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	0.10	0.11	<MDL	0.06	0.06	<MDL
CIPRO	4.77	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	3.95	4.49	<MDL	<MDL
TRIM	0.33	1.91	0.40	0.07	0.12	0.35	<MDL	0.18	0.24	1.14	<MDL
SULFA	1.96	22.90	2.12	0.52	0.13	3.38	<MDL	1.58	1.91	0.10	<MDL
PARA	3.85	<MDL	<MDL	6.74	10.32	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL
KETO	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL	<MDL