Pollution hazard caused by anti-disease drugs in hospital environments near Chennai

Abstract

This work focuses on the effect of various possible air pollutants emitted in hospital environments due to usage of anti-disease drugs to counteract various human disorders. Quantitative pollution survey was conducted for the area consisting of tuberculosis related hospitals and pharmaceutical areas near Chennai. In general, all these drugs may have adverse bad effects on the well health of human community. These anti-disease drugs could be thus named as toxic polluting gases. Healthcare workers and nurses in hospitals are directly inhaling these toxic polluting gases at a slower rate and could possibly suffer with various health complexities. Experimental statistical survey was done to observe the severity of pollution around the place. Time bound study and observation was conducted to know the pollution effect. Pollution survey was conducted for the time period of four consecutive months from January 2019 to April 2019 in three thoracic units each with three selected sites as general ward, special ward and common area. Air quality index (AQI) was calculated and remedial measures were suggested.