Regenerative Energie
In the last years, the therapeutic application of cytostatic agents has increased considerably due to the growing number of cancer incidences of 29.717 to 35.152 per year between 1983 and 2000 (Statistik Austria, 2004). Every third human in Austria is expected to suffer from cancer once in his lifetime.
In this study, the different sources of cytostatic emissions of a large hospital in Austria were assessed. This included the evaluation of the cytostatic consumption, the calculation and analytical verification of cytostatic concentrations in hospital wastewater and the investigation of the solid waste amounts. In this hospital, approximately 17 – 27 kg cytostatic drugs are administered every year. The analytical verification of the model calculations emphasized to be a suitable tool for the prediction of the cytostatic contamination of hospital sewage. Regarding the solid waste of the respective hospital, the investigations showed that cancer therapy produces up to 10.000 kg solid cytostatic waste per year. Since also in the legislation of the European Union it is particularly demanded to prevent the discharge of carcinogenic and mutagenic substances into the environment, hospitals should spot their main source of cytostatic emissions and minimize it e.g. with adequate disposal of solid waste and advanced waste water treatment processes (Council Directive 80/68/EWG; Council Directive 76/464/EWG).
| Copyright: | © IWWG International Waste Working Group |
| Quelle: | Workshop G (Oktober 2007) |
| Seiten: | 10 |
| Preis: | € 10,00 |
| Autor: | S.N. Mahnik R.M. Mader B. Rosovski K. Lenz Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn Norbert Weissenbacher |
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