In the perception of health protection, when reference is made to the resistance of bacteria, many people are reminded of the scenes of the infestation of drug-resistant bacteria in hospitals, which is considered to be a problem only in the hospital environment, and the use of anti-bacterial products in the home is no harm. Such misconceptions, like the tearing of a family ‘ s health line, allow the potential for bacterial resistance to permeate.
The hospital is indeed a “high-risk area” of bacterial resistance. The use of a large number of antibiotics and frequent medical operations have created high-pressure “evolutionary examinations” for bacteria. Durable fungi, such as the methoxoxylin-yellococcus (MRSA) and the cormorogenesis (ESBLs) that produce ultra-spectrum β-neamide enzymes (ESBLs), breeds in wards, operating rooms, and they are resistant to the insecticidal “absorption” that causes serious complications such as pneumonia, sepsis, and infection in the surgery, which greatly hinders the rehabilitation of patients and increases the medical burden.
But it does not in any way mean that the family is the “source of the world” of bacteria. In the family, anti-bacterial products are increasingly used, ranging from handwashing fluids, detergents, clothing disinfectants, air fresheners, which are used to destroy bacteria and create a clean environment. However, overuse or misuse is accelerating the bacterial resistance process. In the case of antibacterial hand-washing fluids, for example, some antibacterial ingredients such as trichlorfon and benzommonium phenol are found, and if the family washes hands for each time, daily contact with bacteria, such as coli and yellow grapes, struggles to survive at low-intensity antibacterium “artillery”. The membranes are changed in combination with antibacterial agents, or the body produces enzymes that decompose antibacterial ingredients. For a long time, drug-resistant bacteria breed in various places, such as family washrooms, doorknobs, towels, etc., and families are at risk of infection.
The kitchen is also a “hotbed” for drug-resistant bacteria. Antibacterial detergents, although they remove oil contamination and kill part of the bacteria, are accumulated in rags and tanks. Food residues provide nutrients for bacteria, wet bacteria such as green fungus, transvestite, and antibacterial agents after a long period of “exceeding”, increase resistance and, if food is contaminated, lead to a sharp rise in risks such as gastrointestinal inflammation and food poisoning.
Children’s toys and supplies hide the crisis. Low immune capacity of children and frequent bites of toys, when they are treated with antibacterial treatment but are not used properly, such as frequent wipes with antibacterial wet towels, not only cannot be effectively protected, but rather makes bacteria exposed to oral contact resistant, causing diseases such as tooth decay and oral inflammation, which affect the healthy growth of children.
Moreover, families are not completely isolated from hospitals. Family visits to hospitals, medical visits and return, clothing and soles of shoes may carry drug-resistant bacteria; domestic workers travel through different homes and can also cause cross-transmission when cleaning tools are carried with drug-resistant bacteria. Once the family becomes a bacterium-resistant “breeding vessel”, these resistant bacteria flow to communities and schools, the infection will continue to expand.
This misperception is far-reaching. For individuals, family infections of drug-resistant bacteria increase the difficulty of treatment, extend the pathology and increase costs. Common antibiotics fail and may require expensive, side-effected second- and third-line drugs. At the social level, the abuse of anti-bacterial products by families contributes to the spread of bacterial resistance, weakens the public health defence system and makes the control of infectious diseases more difficult and medical resources overburdened.
To get out of the wrong zone, households need to use antibacterial products rationally. Day-to-day cleaning gives priority to general soap, water purification, and, where necessary, to the appropriate use of antibacterials, with instructions not to increase frequency and concentration at random. Good hygiene practices, hand-washing, ventilation and regular cleaning of homes. The hospital strengthens the general health of patients and their families by informing families about the main aspects of drug resistance; and the community conducts awareness-raising campaigns and works together to strengthen the family ‘ s bacterial resistance line and to protect the health of the entire population.
