电足浴器微生物污染状况及抗除菌功能研究

Study on the microbial contamination and hygiene performance of foot massager

足浴是中国传统医学所推崇的养生方式之一,电足浴器的出现使得这项保健方式更加方便,但是在使用过程中由于水温较低,不同人员混用等原因,存在微生物滋生,交叉感染等问题。现在市场上很多电足浴器安装了臭氧发生器,宣称具有根治脚气的功能,根治脚气的原理主要是去除引起脚气的微生物。本文通过在足浴器中加入大肠埃希氏菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、白色念珠菌、红色毛癣菌,测试足浴过程对这些微生物的去除效果。结果表明,在30min的足浴时间内,对细菌的去除率最高为50.00%,真菌最高去除率为62.00%。即使延长至60min,细菌的去除率也仅达到77.50%,真菌最高也仅为86.00%。由此可见目前足浴器的所谓臭氧根治脚气功能存在夸大效果,虚假宣传等问题。要从根本上杜绝此类问题,必须从标准上对足浴器除菌功能提出明确的限值要求,同时加强市场监管力度,进一步规范并促进行业健康发展,保护企业和消费者合法权益。

Foot massaging is a traditional health manner in China and foot massager makes this manner more convenient. However, there are some problems such as microbial growth and cross-infection due to the warm water, mixed use and so on. Many foot massagers with ozone generator appear in the market now and promote the ability to cure athletes. The theory of cure athletes is to eliminating the microbiology that causing athlete’s foot. This paper study the eliminating microbiology performance by adding E.coli, S.aureus, C.albicans and T.rubrum into Foot massager. The results show the highest eliminating rate are 50.00% for bacteria and 62.00% for fungi in the test duration of 30 min. Even if the test duration extend to 60 min, the highest eliminating rate are only 50.00% for bacteria and 62.00% for fungi. This shows practical effect of eliminating microbiology is false promotion. In order to put an end to such problems and promote the industry development, standards about the eliminating microbiology performance should be drafted and strengthen market supervision at the same time.