Thesis

Physicochemical characterization of hospital wastewater

Parameter Method/Equipment Experimental Value Standard Year of performance inference

WHO Local

Turbidity EUTECH <2000 mg/l

INSTRUMENTS
Turbidimeter-TN-
100

pH pH Meter CONSORT 6.5-8.5 Monitoring and

Type - Model C535 1 Physico-Chemical
-4 Analysis of Water in
Temperature a
Mercury Provincial Hospital
thermometer / Center in Morocco
multi-parameter
analyser CONSORT
Type - Model C535

DO Multiparameter
Analyzer DZB-718

BOD <25mg/L Characterization of

Four University
Hospitals
Wastewater in
Cotonou, Benin

COD <125mg/L Same as BOD

TP Same as BOD

Conductivity Conductivity meter B Same as pH

Type CONSORT -
Model C535

TS <10

TDS 500mg/L 2021 ASSESSMENT OF

WASTEWATER AND
MICROBIOLOGICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
FROM SELECTED
HOSPITALS IN
UMUAHIA
METROPOLIS

TSS 100mg/l Physico-Chemical

and Bacteriological
Analysis of Waste
water
from Hospital
“Case of Centre
University Teaching
 Hospital of Kigali”

Alkalinity

Iron Content

Chlorine Content 250mg/L 2020 Analysis of

physicochemical
parameters
of hospitals
wastewater: a case
study in
Faisalabad, Pakistan

TOC 30−200 F. El-Ogri, N.

Ouazzani, F.
Boraˆam, L. Mandi,
A survey of
wastewaters
generated
by a hospital in
Marrakech city and
their
characterization,
Desalin. Water
Treat.
57 (2016) 17061–
17074,

Nitrate 200mug/L 2021 Same as TDS

Sulphate 20mug/L 2021 Same as TDS

Heavy Metal Pb 0.035mg/l 2020 Same as TSS

As,Cd,Hg,Ni,Pb,.Cr Hg 0.006 mg/l

Phosphate

Ammonium 9mg/l Same as TSS

BiCarbonate <500mg/L 2020 Chlorine Content

Same as

Indoor Air Quality

Parameter Method/ Experimental Value Standard Year of performance inference
Equipment
WHO Local

PM1.0 X
IGERESS
PM2.5 15 65mugm
(Model:
-3
WP6930S,
PM10 VSON 45 165mug

Technology Co., m-3

Ltd, Guangdong,
China)

CO2 Aeroqual 500

series (Aeroqual
NO2 25mugm
Ltd, Auckland,
-3
New Zealand)
TVOC

SO2 40mugm
-3

CO 4mgm-3

O3 60

Air flow rate 2019 A field study on

indoor environment
quality of Chinese
inpatient buildings
in a hot and humid
region

ACF

Pearson Correlation(r)

Formaldehyde,acetone, 2019 1. Indoor air in

napthalene,ethylbenzen healing
,Tetrachloroethylene,tri environments
chloroethylene,tolune,b Monitoring chemical
enzene,styrene,acetalde pollution in
hyde,xylene etc inpatient rooms
2. Indoor Air Quality
in Hospitals:
How Is the Situation
in Portugal?
3. Existing
Guidelines for
Indoor Air
Quality: The Case
Study of Hospital
Environments
Gaetano Settimo
4. Indoor Air Quality
in Healthcare Units
—A Systematic
Literature Review
 Focusing Recent
Research

Indoor Environment Quality

Parameter Method/ Experimental Value Standard Year of performance inference

Equipment
WHO Local

Light intensity mmch 100lux(

mehrota
et al.
(2015)

Noise Intensity MMCH 55.6 35db

30db at
night
40db
max

Temperature mmch 22.2-36.4C 19.44-

31.5C Avg 34.44
ASHRAE
2013

Humidity mmch 66-84% 65-80%

ASHRAE
2013

Radiation at healthcare facilities

Parameter Method/ Experimental Value Standard Year of performance inference

Equipment
WHO Local

Gamma Dose GAMMA SCOUT

ELCR Bsmmu 1×10-2 0.291×1 2019

A real-time 0-3.
DPRMD