Design and Implementation of a Software System for Surveillance of Antibiotics Concentrations in Wastewater

Yousuf Al-Hakim, Kosmas Dragos, Kay Smarsly, Silvio Beier, Claudia Klümper

2024

Abstract

Antibiotics are important drugs for treating infectious diseases. The extensive use of antibiotics for human, veterinary, and agricultural purposes has led to the permanent release of antibiotics into the environment, particularly into municipal wastewater. In turn, the widespread release of antibiotics into the environment has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic-resistant genes (collectively referred to as “antibiotic resistance”), which reduce the effectivity of antibiotic treatment. To counteract antibiotic resistance, surveillance of the release of antibiotics into the environment is necessary. Municipal wastewater surveillance may provide insights into the release of antibiotics into the environment. Current municipal wastewater surveillance systems, dedicated to antibiotics concentrations, rely on the ad-hoc use of third-party software, which may compromise the efficiency and user-friendliness of municipal wastewater surveillance systems. Designing software systems dedicated to the surveillance of antibiotics concentrations in municipal wastewater, based on well-established software design concepts, has received scarce research attention. In this study, a software system is proposed, which serves as a technological basis for the surveillance of the concentration of antibiotics in municipal wastewater in an efficient and user-friendly manner. The software system implements well-established software design concepts and is capable of conducting on-demand data analysis, as well as providing various user interfaces. The software system is validated using both data derived from simulations and real-world wastewater data recorded from a wastewater treatment plant. The results showcase the efficiency and user-friendliness of the proposed software system for the surveillance of antibiotics concentrations in municipal wastewater.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Al-Hakim Y., Dragos K., Smarsly K., Beier S. and Klümper C. (2024). Design and Implementation of a Software System for Surveillance of Antibiotics Concentrations in Wastewater. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 285-292. DOI: 10.5220/0012304500003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf24,
author={Yousuf Al-Hakim and Kosmas Dragos and Kay Smarsly and Silvio Beier and Claudia Klümper},
title={Design and Implementation of a Software System for Surveillance of Antibiotics Concentrations in Wastewater},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2024},
pages={285-292},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012304500003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - Design and Implementation of a Software System for Surveillance of Antibiotics Concentrations in Wastewater
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - Al-Hakim Y.
AU - Dragos K.
AU - Smarsly K.
AU - Beier S.
AU - Klümper C.
PY - 2024
SP - 285
EP - 292
DO - 10.5220/0012304500003657
PB - SciTePress