Ukutheleleka kwezempilo okwenziwe ngezempilo kuye kwaba yinselelo ebonakalayo emashumini ambalwa eminyaka manje. Umqondo wokuthi noma yikuphi phakathi kweziguli ezingu-700,000 no-1 000 000 ezingena esibhedlela ukwelashwa unyaka ngamunye futhi zithathe ukutheleleka okusha ekubhekaneni nezifo ezincane ngenkathi ngaphansi kokunakekelwa esibhedlela kuyisibonelo esihle semfucumfucu ephikisayo yinkinga yezimali yokulethwa kwezidingo zezempilo.
Ngaphandle kwezivumelwano zokuhlanza izandla, ukuhlanza okuhlanzekile ukuhlanzwa kwendawo, futhi manje ngisho nemikhiqizo ekhanyayo ye-ultra-violet yonke eyenzelwe ukubulala amagciwane, izisebenzi zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ziye zasebenzisa ama-sanitizers ngezandla zangasese futhi zigeza ngqo esikhumbeni sabo.
Kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2015, i-US Food & Drug Administration iye yashicilela umthetho ohlongozwayo wokubuza abakhiqizi balezi zinkinga zokuphikisa isikhumba ukuveza ubufakazi bokuthi ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke yile mikhiqizo akufaki impilo yabasebenzisi engozini.
I-FDA inezinto ezimbalwa ezikhathazayo.
- I-FDA ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ngaphandle kokungabaza okucacile ukuthi lezi zinkinga zokuhlukumezeka azikho ezinzima kangangokuthi, ngenkathi zibulala amagciwane zihlangana nazo ngokuthinta, azikwazi ukuthola imiphumela emibi engase ingafinyeleleki kuze kube yilapho iphela kakhulu. Ngamanye amazwi, i-FDA ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi akukho ukulimala komzimba okulimazayo kodwa okulimazayo okubangelwa amakhemikhali kuma-antiseptics kumsebenzisi.
- Enye impikiswano embuzweni ukubekezela kwegciwane. Ingabe ama-germs akha ukubekezelelana kulaba bashushisi? Futhi uma kunjalo, imboni iphendula kanjani? Amakhemikhali e-Harsher ekuhlambuleni nasezinhlanzeni? Ukuhlolwa okukude kangakanani ukunquma imingcele yangaphandle yokuphepha yalezi zithako zokuhlanza?
- Futhi kuthiwani ngethuba lokubekezelelana ukuthi izisebenzi zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokwabo zingase zakha? Ngamanye amazwi, uma sazi ukuthi amagciwane angakwazi ukuguqula ukuhlala ebusweni babakhuculisi kanye nezitsha zokuhlanza amanzi, ingabe izisebenzi ezigubha lezi zinhlayiya esikhwameni sabo nsuku zonke zakha ukubekezelelana komzimba obuthakathaka, obuncane obunobungozi begciwane ukuze bazitholele ngendlela enobungozi yamagciwane amaningi abulalayo?
Lezi yizimpande zophenyo lwe-FDA nokuthi kungani zibuza abakhiqizi bale mikhiqizo ye-antiseptic yesikhumba ukuveza ubufakazi obengeziwe bokuphepha kwabo. I-FDA ithi abasebenzi abaningi bokunakekelwa kwezempilo bagubha lezi zinambuzane esikhumbeni sabo kuze kube izikhathi eziyi-100 ngosuku. Yiyo kanye le mvamisa yokusetshenziswa ephathelene ne-FDA. Uma utshwala, i-iodine, kanye nezinye izithako ezivame ukutholakala kulezi zinhlayiya zikhishwa esikhumbeni kuze kube izikhathi eziyikhulu ngosuku, lokho kwenzekani kumuntu ngaphezu komsebenzi weminyaka engu-20 noma engu-40?
Okwamanje, i-FDA iyavumelana ne-American Cleaning Institute, inhlangano enkulu yokuhweba emele imbonini yemikhiqizo yokuhlanza, ngoba lezi zinhlaka, ama-creams, lotions kanye nokugeza kufanele ziqhubeke zisetshenziswa. Ukuvimbela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okutholakala izifo kungenye yemisebenzi eyinhloko yokuqinisekisa ukunakekelwa kwezempilo eliphezulu. Kukholelwa ukuthi ama-antiseptics kanye nama-foam, ama-gel, ama-creams, nama-wahes ayingxenye enkulu ekuthuthukisweni kweminyaka yamuva emazingeni aphansi okutheleleka nokunciphisa ukufa kwabantu ngesifo esibhedlela.
I-American Cleaning Institute ikholelwa ukuthi i-FDA kufanele ibe nayo yonke idatha eyidinga kusukela emashumini eminyaka okusetshenziselwa ukuthi le mikhiqizo yokuhlanza iseduze.
I-Institute iphikisana ngokuthi ayikho isixhumanisi esiyingozi phakathi kwalezi mikhiqizo yokuhlanza nezinkinga zempilo ezihlukumezayo kubantu abaye basebenzisa wona amashumi eminyaka ambalwa.
Kodwa i-FDA ayiqiniseki ukuthi noma ubani uye wabheka eduze ngokwanele ukubona ukuthi kukhona yini isixhumanisi se-causal. Ngakho-ke uye wakhipha lo mthetho ohlongozwayo wokuqoqa idatha, ngenkathi ekhuthaza abasebenzi bezempilo ukuthi baqhubeke nokulandela imihlahlandlela yokuvimbela kanye nokulawula izifo ezitholakala kuzo izikhungo zezokwelapha. Ama-antiseptics kanye nama-sanitizers ezandleni ziyisisekelo saloluhlelo lokuvimbela ukutheleleka, ngakho-ke ikusasa elibonakalayo lezi zimveliso zizoqhubeka futhi kufanele ziqhubeke zisetshenziswa.