The metal brass allows you to keeps your hands free and avoid touching door handles toilets key pads atm keypads elevator buttons and store checkout payment pads.
Touching a door handle.
Please keep in mind that this does not kill unwanted bacteria or viruses but simply helps you avoiding surfaces that might have been in contact with harmful bacteria.
Belgium based materialise has created a 3d printed device that can be attached to door handles to allow them to be opened using an arm.
And that allows the virus to enter the body.
By just touching a contaminated surface you won t get the coronavirus disease 2019 or covid 19.
Centers for disease control and prevention.
But health officials and infectious disease experts stress that if you touch your mouth nose or eyes after touching a contaminated surface then you can transfer the virus to these sensitive spots.
The company has made the printable design available for free.
Making it an incredibly useful tool for any germaphobe.
The primary risk with touching a door handle is the subsequent transfer of bacteria into the body throut the mouth nose or eyes by touching the face.
Grab and touch public objects like door handles atm buttons and anything that might harbor nasty germs bacteria and viruses.