DSpace at VNU: Investigation of antibiotics in health care wastewater in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Environ Monit Assess (2016) 188:686 DOI 10.1007/s10661-016-5704-6 Investigation of antibiotics in health care wastewater in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo & Xuan-Thanh Bui & Ngoc-Dan-Thanh Cao & Vinh-Phuc Luu & Thanh-Tin Nguyen & Bao-Trong Dang & Minh-Quan Thai & Dinh-Duc Nguyen & Thanh-Son Nguyen & Quoc-Tuc Dinh & Thanh-Son Dao Received: May 2016 / Accepted: 16 November 2016 # Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Abstract Hospital wastewater contains huge amounts of hazardous pollutants which are being discharged daily to environment with or without treatment Antibiotics were among the important group of pharmaceuticals considered as a potential source of health risk for human and other living creatures Although the investigations about the existence of antibiotics in hospital wastewater have gained concern for researchers in many countries, there is only one research conducted in Hanoi-Vietnam Hence, in this study, investigations T.