Ecotoxicological and Genotoxic Evaluation of Buenos Aires City (Argentina) Hospital Wastewater

Table 1

Theoretical antibiotic and disinfectants concentrations (per day) in the hospital wastewater (HWW) and the sewage treatment plant (STP). The hospital consumption values represent the mean of the four months.

Compound	Hospital consumption; (mg L^−1)	Antibiotic fraction excreted by urine; (%)	HWW; (mg L^−1)	STP; (ng L^−1)
Antibiotics
Ampicillin	11,833	57	1.204	0.0066
Cefalotin	28,716	60	3.077	0.0169
Ceftazidime	641	85	0.097	0.0005
Ceftriaxone	30,650	61	3.339	0.0184
Ciprofloxacin	6,106	35	0.382	0.0021
Gentamycin	20	71	0.002	0.00001
Vancomycin	24,291	45	1.952	0.0107
	(%v/v)		(%v/v)	(%v/v)
Disinfectants
Nitrofurazone	0.0002		0.0002	<0.00001
Povidone-iodine	0.0018		0.0018	<0.00001
Chlorhexidine	0.0001		0.0001	<0.00001
Glutaraldehyde	0.0012		0.0012	<0.00001
Sodium hypochlorite	0.0193		0.0193	<0.00001