Abstract:
Objective To understand the hygienic status and main health hazard factors in public places in Guizhou Province, China, and to provide technical support for strengthening health management in public places.
Methods According to the Monitoring Plan of Health Hazard Factors in Public Places in Guizhou Province, four kinds of key public places, such as hotel, shopping mall (supermarket), barber shop, and waiting room, were selected as monitoring subjects in Guiyang, Zunyi, Tongren, and Anshun from 2020 to 2021, which included 18 hotels (six hotels above three-star level, six hotels below three-star level, and six express hotels), eight shopping malls (supermarkets), eight barber shops, and two waiting rooms. Each kind of place was monitored twice in the second quarter and the fourth quarter of each year. The monitoring content included indoor air quality and public goods and appliances. The result were evaluated with reference of the Hygienic Indicators and Limits for Public Places (GB 37488-2019).
Results From 2020 to 2021, the overall qualified rate of non-mandatory indicators (temperature, humidity, wind speed, and noise (except hotels)) in the four kinds of key public places monitored in Guizhou province was 77.62%, and the qualified rates in hotels, shopping malls, barber shops, and waiting rooms were 84.24%, 71.56%, 70.71%, and 83.33%, respectively, with a significant difference (χ2=89.97, P < 0.05). The overall qualified rate of mandatory indicators was 91.74%, and there was a significant difference in the qualified rate between different kinds of public places (χ2=115.33, P < 0.05). Among the air quality monitoring indicators in hotels, the qualified rates of noise and humidity were relatively low, being 53.43% and 66.06%, respectively, followed by particulate matter 10 (PM10) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), with the qualified rates of 82.67% and 86.28%, respectively. The main unqualified indicators in shopping malls were noise (23.98%), humidity (76.32%), PM10 (87.28%), and temperature (87.43%). The indicators that had adverse effects on health in barber shops were mainly noise, humidity, PM10, PM2.5, and ammonia, with the qualified rates of 35.71%, 63.57%, 69.29%, 77.14%, and 82.86%, respectively. The indicators with low qualified rates in waiting rooms were temperature (64.71%), humidity (78.43%), and PM2.5 (84.31%) in sequence. Among the microbial monitoring indicators of public goods and appliances in hotels, shopping malls, barber shops, and waiting rooms, the total bacterial count was the main unqualified indicator, with the qualified rates of 90.95%, 90.98%, 90.96%, and 94.13%, respectively, with no significant difference (χ2=5.73, P >0.05). For the public goods and appliances monitored in various places, the total bacterial count on hotels' mouthwash cups, shopping malls' cashier desks, and barber shops' towels exceeded the limits seriously, and the qualified rates were only 81.87%, 82.96%, and 89.83%, respectively.
Conclusion From 2020 to 2021, the general hygienic statues of the four kinds of public places in Guizhou Province is good, but the qualified rates of noise, humidity, PM10, PM2.5, and ammonia for indoor air quality and total bacterial count on public goods and appliances are low. Therefore, public place surveillance should be strengthened.