Nā hopena olakino
ʻOkoʻa nā hōʻailona e pili ana i ka IAQ maikaʻi ʻole ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mea haumia. Hiki ke kuhihewa maʻalahi ʻia lākou no nā hōʻailona o nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e like me nā maʻi ʻaleka, ke kaumaha, ke anu, a me ka maʻi palū. ʻO ka hōʻailona maʻamau, ʻo ia ka manaʻo o ka poʻe maʻi i loko o ka hale, a nalowale nā hōʻailona ma hope koke iho o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hale, a i ʻole ke kaʻawale mai ka hale no kekahi manawa (e like me nā hopena pule a i ʻole kahi hoʻomaha). Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā noiʻi olakino a hōʻailona paha, e like me ka mea i hoʻokomo ʻia ma ka Appendix D, e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ke ola ʻana o nā pilikia IAQ. ʻO ka hiki ʻole o nā mea nona ka hale a me nā mea hoʻokele e pane koke a maikaʻi i nā pilikia IAQ hiki ke alakaʻi i nā hopena olakino maikaʻi ʻole. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā hopena olakino mai nā mea haumia ea o loko ma hope koke iho o ka hōʻike ʻana a i ʻole, malia paha, he mau makahiki ma hope (8, 9, 10). Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke komo pū me ka huhū o nā maka, ka ihu, a me ka ʻāʻī; nā poʻo ʻeha; ka poniuniu; nā ʻulaʻula; a me ka ʻeha a me ka luhi o nā ʻiʻo (11, 12, 13, 14). ʻO nā maʻi e pili ana i ka IAQ maikaʻi ʻole me ka hānō a me ka hypersensitivity pneumonitis (11, 13). ʻO ka mea haumia kikoʻī, ka nui o ka hōʻike ʻana, a me ke alapine a me ka lōʻihi o ka hōʻike ʻana he mau mea nui ia i ke ʻano a me ke koʻikoʻi o nā hopena olakino e loaʻa mai ana mai ka IAQ maikaʻi ʻole. ʻO ka makahiki a me nā kūlana olakino mua e like me ka hānō a me nā maʻi allergies hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ke koʻikoʻi o nā hopena. ʻO nā hopena lōʻihi ma muli o nā mea haumia ea o loko e komo pū me nā maʻi hanu, nā maʻi puʻuwai, a me ke kanesa, ʻo ia mau mea āpau hiki ke hoʻonāwaliwali nui a make paha (8, 11, 13).
Ua hoʻopili ka noiʻi i ka pulu o ka hale me nā hopena olakino koʻikoʻi. Hiki i nā ʻano bacteria a me nā fungi he nui, ʻoiai nā fungi filamentous (mold), ke kōkua nui i ka haumia o ka ea o loko (4, 15-20). I ka wā e lawa ai ka makū i loko o nā wahi hana, hiki i kēia mau microbes ke ulu a hoʻopilikia i ke olakino o nā limahana ma nā ʻano he nui. Hiki i nā limahana ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona hanu, nā maʻi allergies, a i ʻole ka hānō (8). ʻO ka hānō, ka ʻūlū, ka wheezing, ka pōkole o ka hanu, ka paʻa ʻana o ka sinus, ka ʻūhū ʻana, ka paʻa ʻana o ka ihu, a me ka sinusitis ua pili pū ʻia me ka pulu o loko i nā haʻawina he nui (21-23). Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hānō e ka pulu i loko o nā hale a hoʻonui ʻia e ka pulu. ʻO ke ala kūpono loa e pale aku ai a hōʻemi paha i nā hopena olakino maikaʻi ʻole, ʻo ia ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā kumu o ka pulu mau i ka wahi hana a hoʻopau iā lākou. Hiki ke loaʻa nā kikoʻī hou aku e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka mold ma ka puke OSHA i kapa ʻia: "Preventing Mold-Related Problems in the Indoor Workplace" (17). ʻO nā mea kaiapuni ʻē aʻe e like me ka mālamalama maikaʻi ʻole, ke kaumaha, ka walaʻau, a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka wela e hana a kōkua paha i kēia mau hopena olakino (8).
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-12-2022