Shin Magunguna Masu Shafawa suna Kashe ƙwayoyin cuta?

Wadatacce

• Tsaftacewa, Kashewa, da Tsaftacewa Duk Ma'anar Abubuwa Daban-daban
• Menene Wanke Magunguna, Daidai?
• Yadda Ake Samun Kyau Daga Kayan Ka
• Menene Game da Goge Kwayoyin cuta?
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Lambar rana ... lafiya, wataƙila kun rasa ƙididdigar tsawon lokacin da cutar sankara ta coronavirus da keɓe keɓewa ke ci gaba da faruwa - kuma rashin tabbas shine kuna jin tsoro kusa da kasan akwati na gogewar Clorox. Sabili da haka, kun danna ɗan dakatarwa akan wasanku (ko wani sabon abin sha'awa) kuma kun fara yin birgima don ƙarin hanyoyin tsabtatawa. (PS Ga abin da kuke buƙatar sani game da vinegar da tururi dangane da ikon su na kashe ƙwayoyin cuta.)

Wannan shine lokacin da kuka hango shi: fakiti mai fa'ida na goge -goge iri -iri da aka sanya a bayan majalisar ku. Amma jira, shin magungunan kashe kuɗaɗen magunguna har ma suna da tasiri ga coronavirus? Me game da wasu ƙwayoyin cuta da ƙwayoyin cuta? Kuma ta yaya waɗancan suka bambanta da gogewar ƙwayoyin cuta, idan da gaske?

Ga abin da kuke buƙatar sani game da nau'ikan goge goge daban-daban da mafi kyawun hanyoyin amfani da su, musamman idan aka zo COVID-19.

Tsaftacewa, Kashewa, da Tsaftacewa Duk Ma'anar Abubuwa Daban-daban

Na farko, yana da mahimmanci a nuna cewa akwai banbanci daban -daban tsakanin wasu kalmomin da za ku yi amfani da su musanyawa idan ya zo ga samfuran gida. "'Tsaftacewa' yana cire datti, tarkace, da wasu ƙwayoyin cuta yayin da 'sanitizing' da 'disinfecting' musamman ke magance ƙwayoyin cuta," in ji Donald W. Schaffner, Ph.D., farfesa a Jami'ar Rutgers wanda ke binciken ƙididdigar haɗarin ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta da ƙetare- gurbacewa. "Tsabtacewa" yana rage adadin ƙwayoyin cuta zuwa matakan aminci amma ba lallai ne ya kashe su ba, yayin da "gurɓatawa" ke kira ga sunadarai don kashe yawancin ƙwayoyin cuta da ke wurin, a cewar Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka (CDC).

Tsaftacewa da tsabtace abubuwa abu biyu ne da yakamata ku riƙa yi akai-akai don kiyaye gidanku gaba ɗaya tsabta kuma babu datti, ƙwayoyin cuta, da ƙwayoyin cuta na yau da kullun. Disinfection, a gefe guda, wani abu ne da ya kamata ku yi idan kuna tunanin COVID-19 ko wata ƙwayar cuta tana nan, in ji shi. (Mai alaƙa: Yadda ake Tsabtace Gidan ku da Lafiya Idan An Killace ku saboda Coronavirus.)

Schaffner ya ce "Hukumar da ke kula da muhalli (EPA) ce ke da'awar da'awar masu cutar da cutar saboda ana daukar su a matsayin magungunan kashe qwari." Yanzu, kar a firgita, lafiya? Tabbas kalmar p na iya haɗa hotunan ciyawar da ke ɗauke da sinadarai, amma a zahiri tana nufin "kowane abu ko cakuda abubuwan da aka yi niyyar hanawa, rusawa, tunkuɗawa, ko rage duk wani kwaro (gami da ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta amma ban da waɗanda ke ciki ko a kan mutane masu rai. ko dabbobi), "a cewar EPA. Domin a amince da kuma samuwa don siya, dole ne mai maganin kashe kwayoyin cuta ya yi gwajin gwaji mai tsauri wanda ke tabbatar da aminci da inganci kuma ya haɗa da kayan aikin sa da abubuwan amfani da aka yi niyya akan lakabin. Da zarar ya sami koren haske, samfurin yana karɓar takamaiman lambar rajista na EPA, wanda kuma an haɗa shi akan lakabin.

Menene Wanke Magunguna, Daidai?

A taƙaice, waɗannan abubuwan da za a iya zubar da su ne, shafaffu masu amfani guda ɗaya an riga an jika su a cikin wani bayani wanda ke ɗauke da sinadari mai lalata kamar su quaternary ammonium, hydrogen peroxide, da sodium hypochlorite. Wasu samfuran samfura da samfuran da wataƙila kun gani a kan ɗakunan ajiya: Lysol Disinfecting Wipes (Sayi Shi, $ 5, target.com), Clorox Disinfecting Wipes (Sayi Shi, $ 6 don fakiti 3, target.com), Mr. Clean Power Shafuka Masu Rarraba Ƙasa da yawa.

Ko goge goge ko a'a ya fi tasiri fiye da yin amfani da feshin maganin kashe kwayoyin cuta (wanda zai haɗa da wasu nau'ikan kayan aikin gama gari) da tawul ɗin takarda ba a yi nazari ba, kodayake Schaffner ya lura cewa suna iya yin daidai idan ana batun kariya daga ƙwayoyin cuta. Babban abin banbanci a nan shi ne cewa masu shafe -shafe (da fesawa!) An yi nufin amfani da su ne a kan abubuwa masu tauri, kamar ƙira da ƙofar ƙofa, kawai, kuma ba akan fata ko abinci ba (ƙari akan abin da zai zo).

Wani muhimmin abin ɗaukar abin sha: Shafan masu warkarwa sun bambanta da waɗanda aka yi la'akari da su a ko'ina ko duk abin da ke goge goge-goge, kamar Misis Meyer's Surface Wipes (Sayi Shi, $ 4, grove.co) ko Mafi Kyawun Rayuwa Mai Halittu Duk-Dalilin Tsabtace Tsabtace Tsabtace ( Saya shi, $7, thrivemarket.com).

Don haka ku tuna cewa idan samfur (goge ko in ba haka ba) yana son kiran kansa mai kashe ƙwayoyin cuta, to dole iya kashe ƙwayoyin cuta da ƙwayoyin cuta bisa ga EPA. Amma hakan ya haɗa da coronavirus? Har yanzu amsar ita ce TBD, kodayake yana iya yiwuwa, in ji Schaffner. A halin yanzu, akwai kusan samfura 400 a cikin jerin EPA na masu guba masu rijista don amfani da coronavirus sabon labari - wasu daga cikinsu, a zahiri, masu gogewa ne. Anan ga kama: "[Yawancin] waɗannan samfuran ba a gwada su da sabon coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 ba, amma saboda ayyukansu da ƙwayoyin cuta masu alaƙa [an yi imanin suna da tasiri a nan," in ji Schaffner.

Koyaya, a farkon Yuli, EPA ta ba da sanarwar amincewa da ƙarin samfura guda biyu - Lysol Disinfectant Spray (Sayi Shi, $ 6, target.com) da Lysol Disinfectant Max Cover Mist (Sayi Shi, $ 6, target.com) - bayan gwajin lab ya nuna cewa waɗannan magungunan kashe ƙwari suna da tasiri ga ƙwayar SARS-CoV-2, musamman. Hukumar ta kira amincewar Lysol guda biyu "muhimmiyar ci gaba" a cikin gwagwarmayar dakatar da yaduwar COVID-19.

A watan Satumba, EPA ta ba da sanarwar amincewa da wani mai tsabtace farfajiya wanda aka nuna yana kashe SARS-CoV-2: Pine-Sol. Gwaje-gwajen dakin gwaje-gwaje na ɓangare na uku sun nuna tasirin Pine-Sol game da ƙwayar cuta tare da lokacin tuntuɓar na mintuna 10 akan filaye marasa ƙarfi, a cewar sanarwar manema labarai. Yawancin dillalai sun riga sun sayar daga mai tsabtace farfajiya sakamakon amincewar EPA, amma a yanzu, har yanzu kuna iya samun Pine-Sol akan Amazon a cikin masu girma dabam dabam, gami da kwalabe 9.5-oz (Sayi Shi, $ 6, amazon.com), 6 -fakitoci na kwalaben oz-60 (Sayi shi, $ 43, amazon.com), da kwalaben oz-oz (Sayi, $ 23, amazon.com), a tsakanin sauran masu girma dabam.

Yadda Ake Samun Kyau Daga Kayan Ka

Babban bambanci tsakanin yadda kuke amfani da waɗannan nau'ikan gogewa iri-iri? Lokacin tuntuɓe - wato tsawon lokacin da farfajiyar da kuke gogewa ke buƙata ya kasance ya jike don yin tasiri, a cewar EPA.

Kafin cutar ta coronavirus, wataƙila kun sami fakitin goge-goge a hannu don goge injin ɗin da sauri, kwandon wanka, ko bayan gida - kuma hakan yayi kyau. Amma zazzagewa da sauri a saman saman ana ɗaukar tsaftacewa, ba lalata ba.

Don girbin fa'idoji na waɗannan goge -goge, farfajiyar tana buƙatar danshi na ɗan lokaci fiye da daƙiƙa kaɗan. Misali, umarnin Lysol Disinfecting Wipes ya bayyana cewa farfajiyar tana buƙatar ci gaba da jiƙa na mintuna huɗu bayan aikace -aikacen don lalata yankin da gaske. Wannan yana nufin, don cikakken tasiri, za ku iya goge kayan aikin sannan kuma kuna iya buƙatar amfani da wani zane idan kun lura yankin ya fara bushewa kafin waɗannan mintuna huɗu su ƙare, in ji Schaffner.

Umarnin don goge masu shaye -shaye da yawa kuma suna cewa a wanke kowane farfajiya wanda zai iya taɓa abinci da ruwa bayan haka. Wannan yana da mahimmanci musamman idan kuna amfani da waɗannan a cikin kicin ɗinku, saboda yana nuna cewa akwai yuwuwar wasu abubuwan da ba za a iya kashewa ba waɗanda ba ku son shiga cikin abincinku, in ji Schaffner. (Duk da abin da kowa zai iya faɗi game da batun, bai kamata ku taɓa shan magungunan kashe ƙwayoyin cuta ba - ko amfani da su akan kayan abinci na ku - don haka mafi kyau ku wanke wurin sosai kafin ku fara dafa abincin dare.)

Da alama kuna da ƙaramin ɗaki don kuskure a nan, daidai? To, labari mai kyau: yin ta hanyar kawar da cutar ba koyaushe ya zama dole ba. Idan gidanka ba shi da wanda ake zargi ko tabbatar da shari'ar COVID-19 ko wani ba shi da lafiya gaba ɗaya, "ba a buƙatar waɗannan ƙaƙƙarfan matakan, kuma za ku iya ci gaba da tsabtace gidan ku kamar yadda kuka saba," in ji Schaffner . Duk wani nau'in sabulun sabulu mai manufa iri-iri, goge goge, ko sabulu da ruwa za su yi dabara, don haka babu buƙatar damuwa game da gano waɗancan Shafukan Cutar da Clorox. (Idan gidanka yana da shari'ar COVID-19, ga yadda ake kula da wani mai cutar coronavirus.)

Menene Game da Goge Kwayoyin cuta?

Gabaɗaya, ana amfani da goge-goge masu tsafta a saman tudu kuma ana amfani da goge-goge na kashe ƙwayoyin cuta (kamar Wet Ones) don tsaftace fata. Abubuwan da ake amfani da su na yau da kullun a cikin waɗannan sun haɗa da benzethonium chloride, benzalkonium chloride, da barasa. Schaffner ya yi bayanin gogewar ƙwayoyin cuta, kazalika da sabulun ƙwayoyin cuta da sabulun wanke hannu, Hukumar Abinci da Magunguna (FDA) ce ke tsara su saboda an rarrabasu azaman magani. Kamar EPA, FDA kuma tana tabbatar da cewa samfurin yana da aminci da inganci kafin ya bar shi ya shiga kasuwa.

Amma game da COVID-19? Da kyau, masu yanke hukunci sun fita ko gogewar ƙwayoyin cuta ko sabulu na hannu masu cutarwa suna da tasiri ga coronavirus. Schaffner ya ce "samfurin da ke da'awar cewa shi ne maganin kashe kwayoyin cuta yana nufin kawai an gwada shi da kwayoyin cuta. Yana iya ko ba zai yi tasiri a kan ƙwayoyin cuta ba," in ji Schaffner.

Abin da ake faɗi, wanke hannayenku da sabulu da H20 har yanzu ana ɗauka ɗayan mafi kyawun hanyoyin kariya daga COVID-19, a cewar Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka (CDC). (Ana ba da shawarar tsabtace hannu tare da aƙalla kashi 60 na barasa idan wanke hannayenku ba zaɓi bane; goge ƙwayoyin cuta, duk da haka, ba a haɗa su a cikin shawarwarin CDC ba.) Yayin da babu shakka kuna son amfani da kowane irin kayan shafa a kan fatar jikinka (kayan aikin suna da tsauri sosai), za ka iya, a ka'idar [kuma] idan da gaske kuna cikin ƙumburi, yi amfani da goge-goge na ƙwayoyin cuta a kan wani wuri mai wuya, in ji Schaffner. Har yanzu, ya fi kyau ku adana shi don amfanin kanku, in ji shi, kuma dogaro da sabulun sabulu da ruwa ko, idan ya cancanta, mai ba da izini na EPA don dalilai na gida.

Schaffner ya ce "Ku tuna cewa babban haɗarin ku na yin kwangilar COVID-19 shine saduwa da mutum da mai cutar," in ji Schaffner. Abin da ya sa, sai dai idan akwai tabbatacce ko wanda ake zargi da cutar coronavirus a cikin gidanka, yin nesantar zamantakewa da tsabtace mutum (wanke hannu, rashin taɓa fuskarka, sanya abin rufe fuska a bainar jama'a) yana da mahimmanci fiye da abin da kuke amfani da shi don goge ku. masu lissafi. (Na gaba: Shin yakamata ku sanya abin rufe fuska don Gudun waje yayin Cutar Coronavirus?)

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