Air-Conditioning Use and Hygiene Care

The use of air conditioners plays an important role in ensuring temperature of a room.

However, living in an air-conditioned room also leads to some health problems due to the poor hygiene care of air conditioners.

Bacteria, fungi and so on can be found in the ductwork of air conditioning systems with poor hygiene.

There is constant temperature and humidity within the ductwork to allow them to grow, and over time, a lump of dust accumulated within the ductwork is a good nutrient source of bacteria and fungi.

In particular, mites inhabit the ductwork and grow with the fungus as a nutrient source.

In general, the main parts of the mechanical system in air conditioners are being managed, but the narrow ductworks that cannot be reached by the human hand are almost impossible to clean.

This is why during the long-term use, dust accumulates in the ductwork, and all kinds of pathogenic microorganisms inhabit and grow, entering the air conditioner and contaminating the room air.

Studies suggest that people working in an air-conditioned room have a relatively high incidence of irritation, weakness, sleepiness, discomfort, muscle pain, and cold as well as a significant reduction in work efficiency.

This is a phenomenon that occurs because the air conditioning system contaminates the indoor air.

Therefore, the ductwork should be well maintained when using an air conditioner.

To eliminate the source of contamination, the ductwork must be cleaned and disinfected by preventing the dispersion of spores so that fungal spores do not fly into the air in aerosol form.

Organic matter, dust and so on can reduce the effectiveness of the disinfectant, thus the waste of the ductwork must be removed thoroughly before disinfection.

The ductwork disinfection is mainly done when severely contaminated and no air conditioning system should be operated during disinfection.