Estimation of urine volume in municipal sewage originating from patients receiving antibiotics at a private clinic in Crete, GreeceEstimation of urine volume in municipal sewage originating from patients receiving antibiotics at a private clinic in Crete, Greece Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2021-09-102020enThis study presents an estimation of the urine volume in the wastewater from a real, private clinic in Crete, Greece, during a seven-month period (01/06/2018 to 31/12/2018). Separate estimates were obtained for the volume of urine belonging to patients receiving antibiotics. It was found that the clinic disposed into the local municipal sewage network on the average 3,263 L/month of urine, from which 1,331 L/month (40.8%) belonged to patients receiving antibiotics. According to the pharmacy department of the private clinic, during the period of the study, the most frequently administered groups of antibiotics were on the average 779 g/month cephalosporins (68.1%), 108 g/month fluoroquinolones (9.5%) and others (11.2%), with various active substances including cefuroxime, ciprofloxacin, metronidazole and doxycycline. These active substances act like pollutants when disposed via the municipal sewer network into the environment.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Science of the Total Environment705 Katsikaros Antonios G. Chrysikopoulos Constantinos Χρυσικοπουλος Κωνσταντινος Elsevier Healthcare unit Wastewater Urine Antibiotics Cephalosporin Fluoroquinolone Cefuroxime Ciprofloxacin Doxycycline Metronidazol