I whakatūpato ngā kaipūtaiao o Te Whare Wānanga o De Montfort (DMU) i Leicester, ka taea e te huaketo rite ki te momo e puta ai te Covid-19 te ora i runga i ngā kākahu, ā, ka horapa ki ētahi atu mata tae atu ki te 72 hāora.
I roto i tētahi rangahau e tirotiro ana i te whanonga o te coronavirus ki ngā momo papanga e toru e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i te umanga hauora, i kitea e ngā kairangahau ka taea e ngā tohu te noho pangia mō te toru rā.
I raro i te kaiārahi a te tohunga koiora moroiti a Tākuta Katie Laird, te tohunga huaketo a Tākuta Maitreyi Shivkumar, me te kairangahau postdoctoral a Tākuta Lucy Owen, ko tēnei rangahau he tāpiri i ngā pata o te tauira coronavirus e kiia nei ko HCoV-OC43, ko tōna hanganga me tōna momo oranga he rite ki ērā o te SARS-CoV-2, ā, ka hua ake ko te Covid-19-polyester, te miro polyester me te miro 100%.
E whakaatu ana ngā hua ko te polyester te mea tino mōrearea ki te horapa o te huaketo. Kei te ora tonu te huaketo pangia i muri i ngā rā e toru, ā, ka taea te whakawhiti ki ētahi atu mata. I runga i te miro 100%, e 24 hāora te roa o te ora o te huaketo, i runga i te miro polyester, e 6 hāora noa iho te ora o te huaketo.
I mea atu a Tākuta Katie Laird, te tumuaki o te Rōpū Rangahau Mate Pirau o te DMU: "I te tīmatanga o te mate urutā, kāore i te tino mōhiotia te roa o te oranga o te mate korona ki ngā kakahu."
"E whakaatu ana ā mātou kitenga ko ngā kakahu e toru e whakamahia nuitia ana i roto i te hauora kei te tūpono ki te horapa o te huaketo. Mēnā ka haria e ngā nēhi me ngā kaimahi hauora ō rātou kākahu ki te kāinga, tera pea ka waiho e rātou ngā tohu o te huaketo ki runga i ētahi atu mata."
I te tau kua hipa, hei whakautu i te mate urutā, i whakaputa a Public Health England (PHE) i ngā aratohu e kī ana me horoi ngā kākahu o ngā kaimahi hauora i runga i ngā tikanga ahumahi, engari ki te kore e taea, me kawe e ngā kaimahi ngā kākahu ki te kāinga hei horoi.
I taua wā anō, e kī ana ngā Aratohu Kākahu me ngā Kakahu Mahi a te NHS he haumaru te horoi i ngā kākahu o ngā kaimahi hauora i te kāinga, mena ka whakatakotoria te pāmahana ki te 60°C neke atu rānei.
E manawapa ana a Tākuta Laird kei ahu mai ngā taunakitanga e tautoko ana i te kōrero i runga ake nei i ngā arotake tuhinga tawhito e rua i whakaputaina i te tau 2007.
Hei whakautu, i kī ia me horoi ngā kākahu hauora katoa a te kāwanatanga i roto i ngā hōhipera kia rite ki ngā paerewa arumoni, ki ngā wāhi horoi kakahu ahumahi rānei.
Mai i taua wā, kua tautoko ia i te whakaputa i tētahi arotake tuhinga hou, whānui hoki, e aromatawai ana i te mōrearea o ngā kakahu i roto i te horapa o ngā mate, me te whakanui i te hiahia mō ngā tikanga whakahaere mate urutā ina pāngia ana ngā kakahu hauora kua poke.
"Whai muri i te arotake tuhinga, ko te wāhanga e whai ake nei o tā mātou mahi ko te aromatawai i ngā mōrearea whakahaere mate urutā o te horoi i ngā kākahu hauora kua poke i te coronavirus," tana kōrero tonu. "Kia oti te whakatau i te reiti ora o te coronavirus i runga i ia kakahu, ka tahuri tā mātou aro ki te whakatau i te tikanga horoi tino pono hei tango i te huaketo."
Ka whakamahia e ngā kaipūtaiao te miro 100%, te kakahu hauora e whakamahia whānuitia ana, hei whakahaere i ngā whakamātautau maha mā te whakamahi i ngā pāmahana wai me ngā tikanga horoi rerekē, tae atu ki ngā mīhini horoi whare, ngā mīhini horoi ahumahi, ngā mīhini horoi hōhipera o roto, me te pūnaha horoi ozone (he hau tino tauhohe).
I whakaatuhia e ngā hua he rawaka te pānga whakaoho me te waimeha o te wai hei tango i ngā huaketo i roto i ngā mīhini horoi katoa i whakamatautauria.
Heoi, i te wā i whakapokea ai e te tīma rangahau ngā kakahu ki te huware horihori kei roto te huaketo (hei whakatauira i te mōrearea o te horapa mai i te waha o te tangata pangia), i kitea e rātou kāore i taea e ngā mīhini horoi whare te tango katoa i te huaketo, ā, i toe tonu ētahi tohu.
Mā te tāpiri noa i te hopi horoi me te whakanui ake i te pāmahana o te wai ka ngaro katoa te huaketo. I te rangahau i te ātete o te huaketo ki te wera anake, i whakaatuhia e ngā hua he pumau te coronavirus i roto i te wai tae atu ki te 60°C, engari ka whakakorengia i te 67°C.
Muri iho, i rangahau te tīma i te mōrearea o te whakawhiti-paru, te horoi i ngā kākahu ma me ngā kākahu kei roto ngā toenga o te huaketo. I kitea e rātou kua tangohia te huaketo e ngā pūnaha horoi katoa, ā, kāore he mōrearea o te poke o ētahi atu taonga.
I whakamārama a Tākuta Laird: "Ahakoa e kitea ana i roto i ā mātou rangahau ka taea e te horoinga pāmahana teitei o ēnei rauemi i roto i te mīhini horoi whare te tango i te huaketo, kāore e whakakore i te tūponotanga o te waiho e ngā kākahu poke ngā tohu o te coronavirus ki runga i ētahi atu mata. I mua i te horoinga i te kāinga, i roto rānei i te motuka."
"E mōhio ana tātou inaianei ka taea e te huaketo te ora mō te 72 hāora i runga i ētahi kakahu, ā, ka taea hoki te hora ki ētahi atu mata."
"E whakaū ana tēnei rangahau i taku taunakitanga kia horoia ngā kākahu hauora katoa i te papaanga i roto i ngā hōhipera, i ngā rūma horoi kakahu ā-umanga rānei. Kei te tirotirohia ēnei tikanga horoi, ā, kāore e manukanuka ngā nēhi me ngā kaimahi hauora mō te kawe mai i te huaketo ki te kāinga."
E whakatūpato ana ngā tohunga rongo e pā ana ki tēnei mate urutā, kaua e horoia ngā kākahu hauora ki te kāinga i te wā o te mate urutā. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ka taea e ngā pūnaha horoi ozone te tango i te mate korona mai i ngā kākahu. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau kāore pea te piki kōhatu e horapa i te mate korona.
I raro i te tautoko a te British Textile Trade Association, i tohaina e Tākuta Laird, e Tākuta Shivkumar, e Tākuta Owen ā rātou kitenga ki ngā tohunga ahumahi i te United Kingdom, i te United States me Ūropi.
"He tino pai te urupare," te kī a Tākuta Laird. "Kei te whakatinanahia e ngā whakahaere kakahu me te horoi kakahu huri noa i te ao ngā mōhiohio matua i roto i ā mātou aratohu horoi moni hauora hei ārai i te horapa atu o te mate korona."
I mea atu a David Stevens, te tumuaki matua o te British Textile Services Association, te rōpū hokohoko ahumahi ratonga tiaki kakahu: "I roto i te āhuatanga mate urutā, he māramatanga taketake tā mātou ehara ngā kakahu i te kawe matua o te mate korona.
"Heoi, kāore i a mātou ngā mōhiohio e pā ana ki te pumau o ēnei huaketo i roto i ngā momo papanga me ngā tikanga horoi rerekē. Nā tēnei kua ara ake ētahi kōrero teka e horapa haere ana, me ngā taunakitanga horoi nui rawa."
"Kua arotakehia e mātou ngā tikanga me ngā mahi rangahau i whakamahia e Tākuta Laird me tana tīma, ā, kua kitea he pono, he taea te tāruarua, he taea hoki te tāruarua i tēnei rangahau. Ko te whakatau o tēnei mahi a te DMU e whakakaha ana i te tūranga nui o te whakahaere parahanga - ahakoa kei roto tonu te kāinga i tētahi taiao ahumahi."
Kua whakaputaina te pepa rangahau ki te Open Access Journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
Hei whakahaere i ētahi atu rangahau, i mahi tahi te tīma me te tīma hinengaro o DMU me te Leicester NHS Trust University Hospital i tētahi kaupapa hei tirotiro i te mōhiotanga me ngā waiaro o ngā nēhi me ngā kaimahi hauora mō te horoi i ngā kākahu i te wā o te mate urutā Covid-19.
Wā tuku: Pipiri-18-2021