Kungani Ifoni Yakho Igcwele Amagciwane

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• Ukumba Igolide
• Ukuthwitha iToilet
• Ukupheka Ngobuchwepheshe
• Ukuthumela imiyalezo ku-Gym
• Buyekeza kwe-

Awukwazi ukuhlala ngaphandle kwawo, kepha wake wacabanga ukuthi ingcolile kangakanani leyo divayisi oyibeke ebusweni bakho? Abafundi eNyuvesi yaseSurrey bathathe le nselelo: Bafaka izingcingo zabo "kuzindlela zokukhula kwamagciwane" ezitsheni zePetri futhi, ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu, babheka okwakhulile. Imiphumela yayinengeka impela: ngenkathi kuvela amagciwane amaningi ahlukene emafonini, igciwane elilodwa elijwayelekile kwakunguStaphylococcus aureus-amabhaktheriya angafaka isandla ekufakeni ubuthi ekudleni futhi aphenduke isifo seStaph. Akumangazi neze lokho, uma ucabanga ukuthi umakhalekhukhwini ojwayelekile uthwala amagciwane angaba yingozi aphindwe kayi-18 kunesibambo sokuzitholela endlini yangasese yabesilisa, ngokwezivivinyo ezenziwa ngumagazini waseBrithani Yikuphi? Lokho akubandakanyi nje iStaphylococcus aureus, kodwa futhi nodaba lwezindle no-E. Coli.

Empeleni, wonke lawo magciwane angena kanjani ezingcingweni ukuqala ngawo? Kakhulu kungenxa yalokho okunye okuthintile: Amaphesenti angaphezu kwama-80 amabhaktheriya aseminwe yethu nawo atholakala ezikrinini zethu, isifundo esivela e-University of Oregon sithi. Lokho kusho ukuthi amagciwane avela ezindaweni ezingcolile ozithintayo agcina esesikrinini esithinta ubuso bakho, izinto zokubala zakho, nezandla zabangane bakho. Okukhulu! Bheka izehlakalo ezine ezimbi kakhulu zokuthi leli bhaktheriya livelaphi. (Bese ubheka Ukuvuma kweGermaphobe: Ngabe Le Mikhuba Emangazayo Iyangivikela (Noma Wena) Emagatsheni?)

Ukumba Igolide

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Ngaphambi kokuba kube ukutheleleka kweStaph, iStaphylococcus aureusis empeleni ibhaktheriya elihle elingenabungozi elenga endimeni yakho yamakhala. Ngakho-ke kugcina kanjani ocingweni lwakho? "Ukukhetha impumulo kanye nombhalo osheshayo kamuva, bese ugcina ngaleli gciwane ku-smartphone yakho," kusho uSimon Park, Ph.D. uprofesa we-University of Surrey class owenza ucwaningo. Futhi ama-Staph bacteria angasakazeka kalula kusuka ezindaweni ezingcolile, ngakho-ke amagciwane aku-smartphone yakho asho amagciwane nomaphi lapho ubeka khona.

Ukuthwitha iToilet

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Ngezinye izikhathi, singase sibe kancane futhi umlutha wezingcingo zethu: amaphesenti angama-40 abantu bayavuma ukuthi basebenzise izinkundla zokuxhumana endlini yangasese, ngokusho kwenkampani yocwaningo lwemakethe iNielsen. Mhlawumbe usisebenzisa kahle isikhathi sakho, kodwa cabanga ngalokhu: Ucwaningo lwango-2011 eBrithani lwathola ukuthi umakhalekhukhwini owodwa kwabayisithupha ungcolile. Ukwengeza phezulu, indawo yokufafaza nendawo yokufafaza kuwo wonke amabhaktheriya asendlini yangasese ezulazulayo-yokudonsa ingadubula ibanga elingamamitha ayisithupha, ngokusho kweHarvard School of Public Health. (Bheka futhi: Amaphutha ama-5 okugeza ongazi ukuthi uyawenza.)

Ukupheka Ngobuchwepheshe

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Izindlela zokupheka eziku-inthanethi zishintshe umqondo wezincwadi zokupheka, kepha awulethi nje ifoni yakho ekhishini-uyiletha kwelinye lamagumbi agcwele kakhulu endlini yakho. Ukuze uqale, usinki wakho oswakeme uyindawo yokuzalela izimbungulu. Futhi uma usula izandla zakho? Amaphesenti angu-89 amathawula asekhishini anamagciwane e-coliform (igciwane elisetshenziselwa ukukala izinga lokungcoliswa kwamanzi), kanti amaphesenti angu-25 avuthwe nge-E. coli, ngokocwaningo lwe-University of Arizona. . Uzibuza ukuthi ikhishi elingcolile lihlobene ngani nefoni yakho? Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho isikrini sakho sikhiya noma kufanele uskrole iresiphi, wonke amabhaktheriya anqwabelene ezandleni zakho adluliselwa kudivayisi oyibambe manje ebusweni bakho.

Ukuthumela imiyalezo ku-Gym

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Sonke siyazi ukuthi ama-gyms agcwele amagciwane, kepha konke akugezi ngeshawa. Ku-treadmill, ujuluka uthinta isikrini sakho ukuze uthole ingoma elandelayo, futhi endaweni yokubeka isisindo, ngemva kokubamba i-dumbbell abantu abaningi ngaphambi kokuthi uyithinte, uthumela umbhalo. Awucabangi ukuthi kunengozi engako? Amagciwane angaphila ezindaweni eziqinile ejimini amahora angu-72—ngisho nangemva kokuhlanzwa kabili ngosuku, kubika ucwaningo lwe-University of California Irvine. (Bheka Izinto ezi-4 Ezinkulu Okungafanele Uzenze Ngesikhwama Sakho Sokuzivocavoca.)

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