Iivenkile ezinkulu kulo lonke elase-United States zicela abathengi ukuba bashiye iibhegi zabo zegrosari ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe emnyango phakathi kokuqhambuka kwecoronavirus. Kodwa ngaba ukuyeka ukusebenzisa ezi ngxowa ngenene kuyawunciphisa umngcipheko?

URyan Sinclair, PhD, MPH, uprofesa odibeneyo kwiYunivesithi yaseLoma Linda Isikolo seMpilo yoLuntu uthi uphando lwakhe luqinisekisa ukuba iingxowa zegrosari ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe, xa zingabulawanga iintsholongwane ngokufanelekileyo, zizithwala zombini iibhaktheriya, kuquka i-E. coli, kunye neentsholongwane - i-norovirus kunye ne-coronavirus.

USinclair kunye neqela lakhe lophando bahlalutya iingxowa ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe abathengi abaziswe kwiivenkile zokutya kwaye bafumanisa iibhaktheriya kwi-99% yeengxowa ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe kwakhona kunye ne-E. coli kwi-8%. Iziphumo zapapashwa okokuqala kwi Iindlela zoKhuseleko lokutya ngo-2011.

Ukunciphisa umngcipheko wosulelo olunokwenzeka lwebhaktiriya kunye nentsholongwane, uSinclair ucela abathengi ukuba baqwalasele oku kulandelayo:

Sukuzisebenzisa iibhegi zegrosari ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ngexesha lokuqhambuka kwe-coronavirus

USinclair uthi iivenkile ezinkulu zezona ndawo ziphambili apho ukutya, uluntu kunye neentsholongwane ezinokudibana khona. Kuphononongo luka-2018 olupapashwe yi Ijenali yeMpilo yokuSingqongileyo, U-Sinclair kunye neqela lakhe lophando bafumanisa ukuba iingxowa ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe azikho nje kuphela ukuba zingcolisekile kodwa ziyakwazi ukudlulisa iintsholongwane kwi-pathogens ukugcina abasebenzi kunye nabathengi, ngokukodwa kwiindawo eziphezulu zoqhagamshelwano ezifana ne-check-out conveyors, i-scanners zokutya kunye ne-grocery carts.

Ngaphandle kokuba iibhegi eziphinda zisetyenziswe zihlanjululwa rhoqo- ngokuhlanjwa ngesepha ebulala iintsholongwane kunye namanzi anobushushu obuphezulu kwimeko yeengxowa zelaphu kunye nokusula iimodeli zeplastiki ezingenazo iintsholongwane ngesibulala-ntsholongwane esikwinqanaba lesibhedlele-zizisa umngcipheko omkhulu kwimpilo yoluntu, "Sinclair utsho.

Shiya isipaji sakho sesikhumba ekhaya

Cinga ngento oyenzayo ngesipaji sakho kwivenkile yokutya. Ihlala ibekwe kwinqwelo yokuthenga ide ibekwe phantsi kwikhawuntara yentlawulo ekuphumeni. USinclair uthi ezi ndawo zimbini-apho izixa eziphezulu zabanye abathengi zichukumisa - zenza kube lula ukuba iintsholongwane zisasazeke ukusuka komnye umntu ukuya komnye.

“Phambi kokuthenga igrosari, cinga ngokugqithisela isipaji sakho kwibhegi ehlambekayo ukuvumela ucoceko olufanelekileyo xa ubuyela ekhaya,” utshilo uSinclair. “Ibleach, ihydrogen peroxide kunye nezicoci ezenziwe ngeammonia zezona zibalaseleyo ekucoceni umgangatho; nangona kunjalo, zisenokonakalisa, zikhanyise okanye zibangele ukuqhekeka kwezinto ezifana nesikhumba sengxowa.”

Emva kokuqhambuka, tshintshela kwikotoni okanye kwiitoti zokuthenga ze-canvas

Ngelixa iingxowa ze-polypropylene zezinye zezona ntlobo zixhaphakileyo zeengxowa ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ezithengiswa kumatyathanga egrosari, kunzima ukuzibulala iintsholongwane. Yenziwe kwiplastiki ehlala ixesha elide kunobunzima, iingxowa zeplastiki ezisetyenziselwa enye, izinto zabo zokwakha zithintela inzala efanelekileyo ngobushushu.

“Iingxowa zokutshiza ngesibulali-ntsholongwane azifikeleli kwiintsholongwane ezifakwe kwimingxunya okanye eziqokelelwe kwizibambo,” utshilo uSinclair. “Musa ukuthenga iingxowa ezingenakuzihlamba okanye zomise xa ushushu kakhulu; eyona nto ibhetele nelula ukuyisebenzisa ziitoti ezenziwe ngemicu yendalo, enjengomqhaphu okanye iseyile.”

"Ubisi oluvuzayo, ijusi yenkukhu kunye neziqhamo ezingahlanjwanga zinokungcolisa okunye ukutya," wongezelela uSinclair. "Chonga iingxowa ezahlukeneyo zokutya okukhethekileyo ukunciphisa iindawo zokuzala kweentsholongwane."

Eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokubulala iibhegi

Yeyiphi eyona ndlela yokubulala iintsholongwane kwiingxowa zegrosari eziphinda zisetyenziswe? USinclair ucebisa ukuhlamba iibhegi ngaphambi nasemva kohambo oluya emarikeni usebenzisa ezi ndlela:

1. Gcoba umqhaphu okanye iitoti zeseyile kumatshini wokuhlamba kwindawo yobushushu obuphezulu kwaye wongeze iblitshi okanye isibulali ntsholongwane esinesodium percarbonate efana ne-Oxi Clean™.
2. Iitoti ezomileyo kwindawo ephezulu yokumisa okanye sebenzisa ukukhanya kwelanga ukucoca: vula iingxowa ezihlanjwe ngaphakathi-ngaphandle kwaye uzibeke ngaphandle kwilanga elithe ngqo ukuze zome - ubuncinane iyure; jikela kwicala lasekunene ngaphandle kwaye uphinde. "Ukukhanya kwe-Ultra-violet kwenzeka ngokwemvelo ukusuka ekukhanyeni kwelanga kusebenza ekubulaleni ii-99.9% ze-pathogens ezifana neentsholongwane kunye neebhaktheriya," kusho uSinclair.

Imikhwa esempilweni yococeko kwigrosari

Okokugqibela, uSinclair uxhasa le mikhwa yococeko kwigrosari:

• Hlala uhlamba izandla zakho phambi nasemva kokuthenga igrosari.
• Hlanza iibhaskithi zenqwelo yokuthenga kunye nezibambo usebenzisa izisulelo zokubulala iintsholongwane okanye izitshizi.
• Nje ukuba ugoduke, beka iingxowa zegrosari phezu komhlaba onokuthi ubulawe iintsholongwane emva kokuba izinto ozithengisayo zothulwe kwaye ngoko nangoko ubeke iingxowa zeplastiki kumgqomo wokurisayikilisha.
• Gcina ukhumbula ukuba izibulala-ntsholongwane kufuneka zihlale kumphezulu kangangexesha elithile ukuze zisebenze. Kukwaxhomekeke kwisibulali-ntsholongwane. Iinqwelo zegrosari eziqhelekileyo ezisekelwe kwi-ammonia zifuna ubuncinane imizuzu emine.