Hospitals use large varieties of substances for medical purposes such as in diagnostics, research and upkeep of care materials. Diagnostic materials/substances, disinfectants, and excreted non-metabolized pharmaceuticals by patients, reach the wastewater. This form of elimination may generate risks for aquatic organisms, emergence of antibiotic resistance, and human health problems. The aim of this study was to synthesize the contribution of liquid hospital effluents to the fragility of health in general and the emergence of bacterial resistance in particular. The data were collected from science’s data base using keywords. The results showed that; The heavy metal residues in these effluents and their bacterial selection mechanism reduce biodiversity, increase the vulnerability of urban and peri-urban populations, and promote the proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. The threat is particularly worrying with the advent of resistance to the beta-lactams. Intervention strategies must be integrated and targeted at those primarily responsible for the management of hospital liquid effluents and the systems for handling these effluents.
Hospitals
use
large varieties of substances for medical purposes such as in diagnostics, research and upkeep of care materials. Diagnostic materials/substances, disinfectants, and excreted non-metabolized pharmaceuticals by patients, reach the wastewater. This form of elimination may generate
risks
for aquatic organisms, emergence of antibiotic resistance, and human health problems. The aim of this study was to synthesize the contribution of liquid hospital
effluents
to the fragility of health
in general
and the emergence of bacterial resistance
in particular
. The data
were collected
from science’s data base using keywords.
The
results
showed
that; The heavy metal residues in these
effluents
and their bacterial selection mechanism
reduce
biodiversity, increase the vulnerability of urban and
peri-urban
populations, and promote the proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria.
The
threat is
particularly
worrying with the advent of resistance to the
beta-lactams
. Intervention strategies
must
be integrated
and targeted at those
primarily
responsible for the management of hospital liquid
effluents
and the systems for handling these
effluents
.