Measures to prevent corona virus infection (Covid-19) in the workplace are given by experts when crowded in elevators to keep time on time, workers accidentally put themselves at risk of road-related diseases. Respiratory in general and corona virus disease in particular.
How to take the elevator safely?
Disease prevention caused by corona virus is a top concern and becomes an indispensable part of everyone's life today.
In particular, in the heart of China's epidemic, many ways to protect yourself such as wearing a mask, protective clothing, and goggles are not enough. Elevator travel for households in apartment buildings becomes a great danger, potentially causing a risk of virus infection.
Facing this potential danger, many people share different secrets and ways to use the elevator to not have to directly press the button: use a lighter to press the elevator button. The lighter head contact with the button will be disinfected by high temperature, ensuring safety for users. These tips are shared widely across social networking forums and attract the attention of many people.
In the elevator, some apartments are equipped with toothpicks and wet paper so that users can use them without touching the buttons, reducing the risk of infection.
However, besides the comments praising this disease prevention measure, there are still many conflicting opinions, saying that these findings are not radical.
“What to do when the tissue, the toothpick has virus from someone. Who is sure they are safe and clean? ”, Commented Tran Quang Anh.
"The way is creative, but to hang it in such an unshielded public place, I am also quite skeptical about the cleanliness of that toothpick and paper", commented member Gia Huy.
If you must travel by elevator, keep a distance of at least 0.5 - 1m from others
Because, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long informed about the characteristics of corona virus that when coughing, sneezing ... will follow the droplets that stick to the surface of wood, stone, iron, cloth. Experts also added that this virus can survive up to 3-4 days on wood materials, fabrics, paper, metal.
The elevator is a metal surface that can help corona virus survive. This public space has a large number of people exposed to large buttons, difficult air circulation. Therefore, there is a real potential for the elevator to survive and spread the Covid-19 virus.
The use of elevators to move in the high-rise offices where you work, or the apartment buildings where you live, has gradually become a habit of everyone because of its convenience, speed, and energy loss. However, the sight of citizens every morning is almost rushing to send cars, stalking like a rocket into the elevator, despite being suffocated for only permanent reasons: time to time. Sometimes you miss a ladder, a few seconds delay, the money in your wallet will fly immediately: 50k, 100k or even half a working day ...
However, in the midst of an epidemic caused by the corona virus that is still happening, this habit of office people is still not changing, it is dangerous. Chen wished in the elevator to keep up the time, the office workers accidentally put themselves at risk of respiratory diseases in general and corona virus disease in particular.
According to doctor Tran Quoc Khanh, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital: If you must travel by elevator, keep a distance of at least 0.5 - 1m from others (if possible). Use the fist, do not use the fingertips to press the panel button. Limit talking, laughing because in crowded space, standing close, the air is not circulating (elevator, station, train car ...).
In addition, office workers should wear masks while traveling by elevator to limit the risk of infection. Accordingly, proper use of medical masks will prevent large droplets containing virus from spilling out from the patient through sneezing or coughing.
Measures to prevent corona virus infection in the workplace: Experts recommend that everyone wear a mask in the elevator
Note that disposable masks must be thrown in a safe, covered trash. When wearing a mask, absolutely do not touch your hands, because hand gestures, even modifying the mask will inadvertently infect the hand with the virus.
The most effective prevention is not to touch your mouth, eyes, or nose with bare hands. Especially after going out of the elevator, you need to wash your hands with antibacterial soap. That is really the most effective prevention method.
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