Izinto ezi-5 ekufuneka uyazi malunga nokucoca iMask yobuso bakho, ngokweNgcali yePPE

Kunye iimaski zobuso ezikhuselayo kunikezelo olufutshane kunye nemfuno ephezulu, kubaluleke ngakumbi kunangaphambili ukuzilondoloza. Kodwa ngezikhokelo ezininzi phaya, kunokuba nzima ukwazi ngokuthe ngqo ukuba ngawaphi amanyathelo onokuwathatha ukuqinisekisa ukuba usebenzisa imaski yakho zombini ngokukhuselekileyo nangempumelelo. Umzekelo: Unokuyinxiba ixesha elingakanani imaski ngaphambi kokuzama ukuyibulala iintsholongwane?

Ngoku ka UJade Flinn , umongikazi ofundisa iYunithi ye-Biocontainment e-Johns Hopkins Medicine egxile kwizixhobo ezikhuselayo (PPE), umthetho olungileyo wesithupha kukunyanga imaski yakho njengoko uphatha iingubo zangaphantsi. iimpahla zangaphantsi: yonke imihla, utsho.

Nje ukuba ukhulule imaski yakho, wenza ntoni ngayo? Oko kuxhomekeke kuhlobo luni lwemaski oyinxibileyo. Nazi ezinye iingcebiso ezivela kuFlinn zokucoca nokucoca ubuso bakho obahlukileyo.

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Unokuhlamba iimaski zelaphu kunye neebhendi, kodwa zihlambe zodwa.

Ungahlamba Imaski yelaphu ye-DIY okanye i-bandana kumatshini wokuhlamba, kodwa uFlinn ucebisa ukuba zihlulwe zahlukile kwezinye iimpahla zakho. (Iimbophelelo zeenwele okanye ezinye i-elastics zinokuba njalo iphoswe kwingxowa enemingxunya Wahlamba, kananjalo.) Khetha ezona ndawo zishushu kwindawo yokuwasha neyokomisa impahla, kwaye usebenzise isepha yokuhlamba iimpahla rhoqo ngokwemiyalelo — loo manyathelo kufuneka abe anele ukubulala iintsholongwane ezigqume kwimaski yakho.

Elinye inqaku elibalulekileyo elenziwa nguFlinn: Qaphela ukuba zeziphi iinxalenye zemaski ozenzayo kwaye ungachukumisi nakweyiphi na indawo yokususa, ukucoca, okanye ukulahla inkqubo. Cinga ingaphandle lesigqubuthelo sobuso, kunye nezandla zakho, zingcoliswe emva kokuphuma esidlangalaleni. Xa unxiba i-PPE, kufanele ukuba kubekho utshintsho lwengqondo apho uyiqonda ngakumbi imeko-bume yakho, utshilo. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele into oyichukumisayo.

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Ukubulala iintsholongwane kwiimaski zotyando kunye nokuphefumla okungama-N-95, themba ngexesha.

Into yokuqala ekufuneka uyikhumbule: Xa kunokwenzeka, izixhobo zokuphefumla ze-N-95 kunye neemaski zotyando kufuneka zigcinwe kubasebenzi bezempilo abazifunayo. Ukuba kunokwenzeka uphethe naluphi na uhlobo lwesigqubuthelo sobuso, unokuzisebenzisa kwakhona njengoko ufuna, kodwa ungazilahli kwindawo yokuhlamba iimpahla. Endaweni yoko, ixesha yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokucoceka imaski ofuna ukuyisebenzisa kwakhona.

UFlinn ucebisa ukuxhoma imaski engcolileyo ukuba yome, okanye ukushiya imaski kwisingxobo sephepha iiyure ezingama-72 ngaphambi kokuyinxiba kwakhona (leyo elona xesha lide le-coronavirus kulindeleke ukuba lihlale nakweyiphi na indawo ). Ukuba unemaski engaphezulu kwesinye ekhaya, licebo elilungileyo ukuba ujikeleze: Ngelixa imaski enye isusa ubushushu kwisingxobo sephepha, sebenzisa enye ukuba ufuna ukuphuma uyokuthenga izinto eziyimfuneko, emva koko bamba iphepha elitsha tshintsha uzikhuphe.

Iphepha libalulekile apha, kuba yinto ephefumlayo. UFlinn uthi uvile ukuba abanye abantu bayazishiya iimaski zabo ezingxoweni zeplastikhi xa zinganxitywa, kodwa loo nto inokuba neziphumo ezibi: Iingxowa zeplastiki ziyisifudumezi sayo nayiphi na into engamanzi ngaphakathi kwemaski, utshilo.

Ungayisebenzisa inkohliso yengxowa amatyeli aliqela (ngeengxowa ezicocekileyo) ukuphinda unxibe imaski enye, kodwa gcina iso kwimfezeko yemaski ukuqinisekisa ukuba isazokuthintela amasuntswana omoya-ngakumbi kule ingezantsi.

Ngaba imitha ye-UV evela elangeni inokubulala iintsholongwane ebusweni?

Ngelixa imitha ye-UV inokuthi ngobuchwephesha iphe ii-pathogens-ezinye izibonelelo zononophelo lwempilo zisebenzisa izixhobo ezikhethekileyo ze-UV ukubulala iintsholongwane kwiimaski-UFlinn uthi ayingombono olungileyo ukuzama ukucoca imaski yakho ngokuyishiya elangeni. Oku kuyinyani ngokukodwa kwiimaski zotyando kunye nokuphefumla okungama-N-95. Kukho isiqwenga sogwebu kwibhulorho yempumlo, enokuthi ichithwe lilanga, utshilo.

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Ngaba ungasebenzisa i-steamer ukucoca imaski yobuso?

I-steamer ingaba yindlela efanelekileyo yokubulala iintsholongwane kwiingubo, njengamashiti, kodwa weqa i-steamer xa ifika kwimaski yakho. UFlinn uthi ithiyori, umphunga unokusebenza kakuhle ekubulaleni iintsholongwane kwimaski, kodwa ayingombono mhle ukuqengqa idayisi kwi-PPE. Zonke izitya zihlukile, kwaye akukho ndlela yokwazi ukuba usebenzisa ubushushu obaneleyo okanye ukufuma ukubulala intsholongwane. Kwaye, utsho, iimaski zinemigangatho emininzi, kwaye i-steamer iya kungena kuphela kumphezulu. Ukuhlamba kwindawo yokuhlamba iimpahla yindlela ethembekileyo yokukhupha i-gunk kwimicu yemaski.

Leliphi ixesha lokususa imaski yobuso?

Iimpawu ezimbalwa zokuba imaski yakho-yotyando, i-N-95, okanye ilaphu-ikulungele ukuyiphosa: Ukuba ibonakala ingcolile, ukuba kukho ukunxiba okucacileyo kwimicu, okanye ukuba kukho naliphi na icandelo kuyo elonakeleyo, kubandakanya nemiphanda yendlebe. Xa ilixesha lokulahla imaski yakho, uFlinn ucebisa ukuba uzilahle emgqomeni wenkunkuma ekhayeni lakho. Kungcono ukusebenzisa inkunkuma enesiciko (njengakwinkunkuma yakho yasekhitshini endaweni yokuhlambela ibin yakho) ukunqanda ukuphinda wenze i-aerosolization ukuba inako ukuphazamiseka. Okanye, unokuyikhuphela ngaphandle kwindawo yakho yenkunkuma kwangoko. Qiniseka, njengesiqhelo, ukuhlamba izandla kakuhle emva kokudibana nayo nayiphi na into engangcoliseka.

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