Centers for disease control and prevention.
Touching a door handle.
Grab and touch public objects like door handles atm buttons and anything that might harbor nasty germs bacteria and viruses.
By just touching a contaminated surface you won t get the coronavirus disease 2019 or covid 19.
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.
With this in mind handles have been developed that can be operated using the forearm or the foot.
The company has made the printable design available for free.
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.
Making it an incredibly useful tool for any germaphobe.
And that allows the virus to enter the body.
When it comes to things like elevator or atm buttons door handles or so many other surfaces with which you likely have to come into regular contact the microbes might measure more than you d.
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.