| dc.description.abstract | The presence of pharmaceuticals in surface water and wastewater poses a threat to public
health and has significant effects on the ecosystem. Since most wastewater treatment plants are
ineffective at removing molecules efficiently, some pharmaceuticals enter aquatic ecosystems, thus
creating issues such as antibiotic resistance and toxicity. This review summarizes the methods used
for the removal of ceftriaxone antibiotics from aquatic environments. Ceftriaxone is one of the
most commonly prescribed antibiotics in many countries, including Tanzania. Ceftriaxone has been
reported to be less or not degraded in traditional wastewater treatment of domestic sewage. This
has piqued the interest of researchers in the monitoring and removal of ceftriaxone from wastewater.
Its removal from aqueous systems has been studied using a variety of methods which include
physical, biological, and chemical processes. As a result, information about ceftriaxone has been
gathered from many sources with the searched themes being ceftriaxone in wastewater, ceftriaxone
analysis, and ceftriaxone removal or degradation. The methods studied have been highlighted and
the opportunities for future research have been described. | en_US |
