Kutheni ifowuni yakho igcwele iintsholongwane

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• UkuTweyitha kwiToilet
• Ukupheka ngeTekhnoloji
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Awunakuphila ngaphandle kwayo, kodwa ngaba ukhe wacinga ngendlela esimdaka ngayo esi sixhobo ubeka ebusweni bakho? Abafundi kwiDyunivesithi yaseSurrey bathathe umceli mngeni: Baziprinta iifowuni zabo "kumajelo okukhula kwentsholongwane" kwizitya zePetri kwaye, emva kweentsuku ezintathu, bajonga oko sele kukhulile. Iziphumo zazizothe kakuhle: ngelixa iintsholongwane ezininzi ezahlukileyo zavela kwiifowuni, intsholongwane enye yayiyiStaphylococcus aureus-ibhaktiriya enokuthi ibe negalelo kwityhefu yokutya ize ibe sisifo sikaStaph. Akumangalisi kwaphela, xa uthatha umyinge weselfowuni ophethe iintsholongwane ezinobungozi kangangezihlandlo ezili-18 kunesiphatho sokugungxula kwindlu yangasese yamadoda, ngokweemvavanyo ezenziwa liphephancwadi laseBritane. Eyiphi? Oko akubandakanyi nje i-Staphylococcus aureus, kodwa kunye ne-fecal matter kunye ne-E.coli.

Zenzeka njani, kanye, zonke ezo ntsholongwane kwiifowuni ukuqala ngazo? Ubukhulu becala kungenxa yento oyichukumisileyo: Ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-80 zebhaktiriya kwiminwe yethu ikwafumaneka kwizikrini zethu, isifundo esivela kwiYunivesithi yaseOregon sithi. Oko kuthetha ukuba iintsholongwane ezivela kwiindawo ezimdaka ozichukumisayo ziphelela kwiscreen esichukumisa ubuso bakho, izixhobo zakho zokubala, kunye nezandla zabahlobo bakho. Lilonke! Jonga ezona zine zimbi ukuba le bhaktheriya ivela phi. (Uze ujonge i-Confessions of a Germaphobe: Ngaba Le Mikhwa ingaqhelekanga iyakundikhusela (okanye wena) kwiintsholongwane?)

Ukumba iGolide

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Ngaphambi kokuba ibe sisifo sikaStaph, uStaphylococcus aureusis eneneni yintsholongwane entle engenabungozi exhonywe kwinqanaba lakho lempumlo. Ngoko iphelela njani kwifowuni yakho? "Ukukhetha impumlo kunye nokubhaliweyo ngokukhawuleza kamva, kwaye uya kuthi uphele ngale pathogen kwi-smartphone yakho," utshilo uSimon Park, Ph.D. uprofesa weYunivesithi yaseSurrey eklasini owenze uvavanyo. Kwaye i-Staph bacteria inokusasazeka ngokulula kwiindawo ezingcolileyo, ke iintsholongwane kwi-smartphone yakho zithetha iintsholongwane naphina apho uyibeka khona.

UkuTweyitha kwiToilet

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Ngamanye amaxesha, sinokuba sincinci naye likhoboka leefowuni zethu: Iipesenti ezingama-40 zabantu bayavuma ukusebenzisa imithombo yeendaba kwezentlalo kwigumbi lokuhlambela, ngokophando lwentengiso lwenkampani uNielsen. Mhlawumbi ulisebenzisa kakuhle ixesha lakho, kodwa khawucinge ngoku: Kuhlolisiso olwenziwa eBritani ngo-2011 kwafunyaniswa ukuba iselfowuni enye kwezintandathu inelindle. Ukuyikhupha phezulu, i-splash radius-kunye nendawo yokutshiza yazo zonke iibacteria kwindawo yangasese ejikelezayo-yokugungxula inokudubula ukuya kuthi ga kwiinyawo ezi-6, ngokweSikolo seHarvard seMpilo yoLuntu. (Jonga kwakhona: Iimpazamo ezi-5 zegumbi lokuhlambela ongazi ukuba uzenza ntoni.)

Ukupheka ngeTekhnoloji

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Iiresiphi ezikwi-Intanethi ziwutshintshile umbono weencwadi zokupheka, kodwa awuzisi nje ifowuni yakho ekhitshini-uyisa kwelinye lawona magumbi azele ziibhaktheriya endlwini yakho. Ukuqala, isinki yakho emanzi yindawo yokuzalela iibhugi. Kwaye xa usula izandla? Iipesenti ezingama-89 zeetawuli zasekhitshini zineebacteria ze-coliform (intsholongwane esetyenziselwa ukulinganisa inqanaba lokungcola kwamanzi), kwaye iipesenti ezingama-25 zivuthiwe ngo-E. Coli, ngokophando olwenziwe kwiYunivesithi yaseArizona. (Jonga izinto ezi-7 ongazihlambiyo (kodwa kufanele ubenjalo). Oko akungeni kwintsholongwane ekuphatheni imifuno emdaka okanye inyama eluhlaza. Uyazibuza ukuba ikhitshi elimdaka linento yokwenza nefowuni yakho? Ngalo lonke ixesha ifowuni yakho itshixa okanye kufuneka uskrole iresiphi, zonke iintsholongwane eziqokelelwe ezandleni zakho zigqithiselwa kwisixhobo osibambe nkqo ebusweni bakho.

Ukuthumela imiyalezo kwiGym

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Sonke siyazi ukuba iigyms zixinene neentsholongwane, kodwa zonke azihlambi ngamanzi. Kwi-treadmill, ubila ubamba isikrini sakho kwingoma elandelayo, kwaye kwiirekhi zobunzima, emva kokubamba i-dumbbell abantu abaninzi ngaphambi kokuba ubambe, uthumela umyalezo. Musa ukucinga ukuba kukho ingozi engako? Iintsholongwane zinokuphila kwindawo eqinileyo kwindawo yokwenza umthambo kangangeeyure ezingama-72-kwanasemva kokuba zihlanjululwe kabini ngemini, lunikela ingxelo yophando olusuka kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia Irvine. (Jonga izinto ezi-4 eziGwenxa ongafanelekanga ukuba uzenze ngeGym Bag yakho.)

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