Vancomycin

Summary

Persistence. It cannot be excluded that vancomycin is persistent, due to the lack of data.

Bioaccumulation. It cannot be excluded that vancomycin bioaccumulates, due to the lack of data.

Toxicity. It cannot be excluded that vancomycin is toxic, due to the lack of data.

Risk. Risk of environmental impact of vancomycin cannot be excluded, due to the lack of environmental toxicity data.

Environmental information is missing on fass.se for vancomycin (2024-01-24). It is voluntary for manufacturers to provide information on environmental impact on fass.se.

For antibiotics in general, it is recommended that these pharmaceuticals are used as restrictively as possible without jeopardise the patient's health.