Ngaba i-Steam iyazibulala iintsholongwane?

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• Ngaba i-Steam iyazibulala iintsholongwane?
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Ngethamsanqa, kulula kakhulu ukufumana izibulali ntsholongwane ezivenkileni nakwi-intanethi kunokuba kwakunjalo ekuqaleni kobhubhane, kodwa iseyi-toss-up ukuba uya kufumana isicoci sakho sesiqhelo okanye utshize xa ufuna ukuphinda ubuye. (BTW, ezi ziimveliso zokucoca ezivunyiweyo zeCDC zecoronavirus.)

Ukuba awuzange ubeke isitokhwe kwii-bleach zokucoca kunye nokucoca izitshizi ngaphambi kokuthenga okungxamisekileyo, mhlawumbi uyazi i-Googling "Ngaba iViniga iyazibulala iintsholongwane?" Kodwa kuthekani ngomphunga? Kodwa enye imbono eyenye esele ijikeleza kangangexesha elithile ngoku ngumphunga. Ewe, sithetha ngomphunga opheka i-broccoli kwaye ufumane imibimbi ezingubeni. Ke, ngaba umphunga uyazibulala iintsholongwane?

Ezinye iinkampani ezenza i-steamers zithi ukuqhushumba komphunga kwindawo ethambileyo efana ne-upholstery kunokubulala ukuya kuthi ga kwi-99.9 yeepesenti ye-pathogens - leyo, xa uthelekisa, ikwayirekhodi efanayo efunwa ngabenzi abaninzi bezosuleli ze-bleach kunye nezitshizi zokubulala iintsholongwane. Iinkampani azihambi zide zithi umphunga ungazibulala iintsholongwane kwiindawo ezinzima okanye ukhuphe i-SARS-CoV-2, intsholongwane ebangela i-COVID-19 (aka novel coronavirus), kodwa oku kuyawucela umbuzo wokuba umphunga ubulala iintsholongwane kwanele ukuyisebenzisa njengesixhobo sokukhusela intsholongwane?

Ukusebenzisa i-steamer kubonakala njengesisombululo sokucoca xa ungenaso isibulali-zintsholongwane esiluncedo okanye nangona ukhetha ukucoca indawo yakho ngaphandle kweekhemikhali, kodwa zithini iingcali?

Ngaba i-Steam iyazibulala iintsholongwane?

Enyanisweni, phantsi kweemeko ezithile, ewe. "Sisebenzisa umphunga phantsi koxinzelelo ukubulala intsholongwane kwii-autoclaves," utshilo uWilliam Schaffner, MD, ingcali yezifo ezosulelayo kunye nonjingalwazi eVanderbilt University School of Medicine. (I-autoclave sisixhobo sonyango esisebenzisa umphunga ukubulala izixhobo kunye nezinye izinto.) "Umphunga yindlela esizalisa ngayo izixhobo zonyango esizisebenzisa elebhu," utshilo uGqirha Schaffner. (Ukufumana iintsholongwane kunye nefuthe kwifowuni yakho, sebenzisa ezi ngcebiso zokucoca.)

Nangona kunjalo, loo mphunga usetyenziselwa indawo elawulwayo phantsi koxinzelelo (evumela umphunga ukuba ufikelele kumaqondo aphezulu obushushu), kwaye akucaci ukuba umphunga ungasebenza ngokuchasene ne-SARS-CoV-2 okanye nayiphi na enye intsholongwane kumphezulu ofana neekhawuntari zakho zasekhitshini. "Andiqinisekanga nokuba ubudlelwane bexesha lobushushu obuya kulusebenzisa xa ubilisa i-countertop, isofa, okanye umgangatho okhuni, ungayibulala intsholongwane," utshilo uGqirha Schaffner. Akukho phando lusetyenziswa ngomphunga ngale ndlela kodwa, ithiyori, inokusebenza, uyongeza.

Ngokubhekiselele kumaziko okuLawula nokuKhuselwa kwezifo (CDC), umbutho ucebisa ukuba iindawo ezithambileyo ezifana neekhaphethi, iiragi, kunye needrapes zicocwe ngesepha esisiseko kunye namanzi ashushu. Kwaye kwezinye iindawo ezichukunyiswa rhoqo ezinjengeetafile, iitshixo zeminyango, izibane ezikhanyayo, iipleyiti, izibambo, iidesika, iifowuni, iibhodi yezitshixo, izindlu zangasese, iipompo, kunye neesinki, kucetyiswa ukuba ubulale iintsholongwane usebenzisa isisombululo sejiki, isisombululo sotywala esinama-70 ubuncinci. iipesenti zotywala, kunye neemveliso ezikuluhlu lwe-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kokusiNgqongileyo kuluhlu lweentsholongwane.

Ukuba unomdla wokusebenzisa i-steamer ukucoca indawo ekhayeni lakho, uRuth Collins, Ph.D., unjingalwazi oncedisayo wamayeza eemolekyuli kwiYunivesithi yaseCornell, ucebisa le nto ukuba ikhusele ukhuseleko lwakho lwe-coronavirus: Qokelela izixhobo zakho zesepha kunye amanzi ashushu, kwaye ulandele oko ngokudubula okuhle komphunga ukubulala iintsholongwane. Ngelixa le ndlela yokubulala iintsholongwane ze-coronavirus ingaxhaswanga luphando, uCollins ubonisa ukuba isepha yaziwa ngokunyibilikisa umaleko wangaphandle we-SARS-CoV-2 kwaye ibulale intsholongwane. Amaqondo obushushu aphezulu anokwenza okufanayo. Ngokudibeneyo, utshilo kufanele bulala i-SARS-CoV-2, kodwa kwakhona oku ayisiyonyani kwaye akufuneki kuthathe indawo yezisombululo ezivunyiweyo zeCDC.

IiCoronavirus ziintsholongwane ezigqunyiweyo, okuthetha ukuba zinenwebu ekhuselayo yamafutha, Uchaza uCollins. Kodwa loo mafutha "ayivani i-detergent," yiyo loo nto isepha iliqabane elilungileyo, utsho. (Eyeleleneyo: Yintoni ukujongana nesepha yeCastile?)

Umphunga unokusebenza uwedwa, kodwa ukongeza isepha kufana neinshurensi eyongezelelweyo, utsho uCollins. "Ukuba ubeke ifilimu encinci yamanzi anesepha kuqala kwaye ungene ngomphunga, uya kuba nokungena okuphezulu," utshilo.

UCollins akaqinisekanga malunga nokuba umphunga uza kusebenza njani ukubulala amagciwane kwinto ethambileyo, njengempahla, iisofa kunye neerugs. Nangona kunjalo, xa kufikwa kwiimpahla, okona kulungileyo ukuziphosa kumatshini wokuhlamba, utshilo uRichard Watkins, MD, ugqirha wezifo ezosulelayo e-Akron, eOhio, kunye nonjingalwazi wamayeza angaphakathi kwiYunivesithi yaseNortheast Ohio Medical. "Hlamba iimpahla zakho emanzini ashushu ukuba ukhathazekile nge-COVID-19 kwiingubo zakho," utshilo.

Ke, ngaba umphunga ubulala iintsholongwane? Iingcali ziyahlukana: Abanye bakholelwa ukuba isebenza njengokongeza kwezinye izicoci ezifana nesepha namanzi, ngelixa abanye bengacingi ukuba umphunga unokusebenza ngokubulala iintsholongwane kubomi bokwenyani njengoko unjalo kwindawo elawulwa ilebhu. Kubalulekile ukuphinda-phinda ukuba ukusebenzisa umphunga njengendlela yokubulala iintsholongwane ayisiyondlela yokubulala iintsholongwane okwangoku evunywe yiCDC, iFood and Drug Administration (FDA), okanye iArhente yoKhuseleko lokuSingqongileyo (EPA). Oko akuthethi ukuba ayinakusebenza, okanye iya kuyenzakalisa impilo yakho ukuba uyongeze kwinkqubo yakho yokucoca; ayisiyonto le icetyiswayo yile mibutho okwangoku. (Linda, ngaba kufanelekile ukuba uphathe ukutya kwakho ngendlela eyahlukileyo, nawe?)

Oko kwathethi, ukuba ufuna ukuzama ukuzama ukutshisa kwaye ubucinga ngokufumana isitya esiphethwe ngesandla ukuze ufumane imibimbi ezingubeni zakho okanye umphunga womphunga kwimigangatho yakho, akukho bubi ekuzameni oku. Yazi nje ukuba ayinakuba yipesenti eyi-100 esebenzayo. Ugqirha Schaffner uthi:

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