Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Relation of household cleaning practices with household indoor allergens: House dust mites (HDMs) and control with plant product components
Author(s): Dr. Kirti Khatri and Dr. Neeta Lodha
Abstract: Cleaning is considered to be heavy of the physical labor involved and the time spends in keeping the house spic and span. Hence daily, weekly, periodical or seasonal cleaning is done. House cleaning comprised of sweeping, dusting, mopping etc. Apart from this it also include removal of cobwebs, washing of clothes, storage of household items and pets in the house. Household cleaning also depends upon the help received from family members to clean the house. If the homemaker is preoccupied in other activities like studying or employed outside the house, she gets less time for cleaning activities. The accumulation and resuspension of dust in readily influenced by airflow patterns and activities taking place in the area. The research paper enlightens the importance of cleaning through the cleaning activities viz. dust ting, sweeping and moping and there interrelation with the growth of HDMs in home. HDM mortality rate were analyzed through the plant product components made up of Satyanashi, Sahjan and Castor at 7 percent concentration level. The cleaning activities viz dusting, sweeping and moping were judged by the number of time and frequency of activities. The cleaning of cobweb with bamboo attached with brush/broom was found to be more effective than broom cleaning. The results showed that the respondents who were cleaning their rooms twice in a day, concentration of HDMs was found very low in their houses or rooms, than the other respondents that were cleaning their rooms once in a day.
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Dr. Kirti Khatri, Dr. Neeta Lodha. Relation of household cleaning practices with household indoor allergens: House dust mites (HDMs) and control with plant product components. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):4357-4364.
