Cool idea and cool looking, but just want to point out that surface transmission of infections is several orders of magnitude less common than airborne transmission.
Self Sanitizing Door Handle
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#42Cool idea and cool looking, but just want to point out that surface transmission of infections is several orders of magnitude less common than airborne transmission.
And easily thwarted by washing your hands.
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#44One thing that I wondered after reading this, it mentions SARS but then it mentions killing bacteria, but SARS is a virus. Does this have any affects on viruses?
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#45Sounds like a problem not worth solving? In my wework the handles get wiped down as per the cleanign protocol. Takes what, a second? The costs are marginal.
How often do they get wiped, and how dirty do they get in between? The idea here seems to be keeping them sanitary continuously.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
And easily thwarted by washing your hands.
And then grabbing the bathroom door handle.
With my sleeve.
(Although I did see a lot of foot-operated door handles emerge on public restroom doors during the covid years. They're mounted down low, near the floor, and you can just put your shoe on them and drag the door open without using hands. They make sense to me for what I think are a lot of good reasons.)
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Use your foot. https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1kb994/t...
I use my elbow. It is the same recommendation as to cough to your elbow. You do not touch with your elbow on yourself or others so it is generally safe.
Alternatively, the back of your knee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkLfAG0AAzQ
Though this is more for the coughing/sneezing rather than the door opening.
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#49An interesting take. There is also brass and coppers that self-sanitize, albeit more slowly: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11279221/
And for metal surfaces which are not self-sanitizing by nature, like steel, there are coatings which can be applied to achieve the same effect. This is often used in public transport.
Citation? Microban et al are marketing bunk.
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#50One thing that I wondered after reading this, it mentions SARS but then it mentions killing bacteria, but SARS is a virus. Does this have any affects on viruses?
Bacteria are larger than viruses, so yes.