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PullClean: The Agency of Design's Response to Keeping Hospital Visits Hygienic
I understand how placing a sanitizing dispenser in the middle of a major pathway makes it more likely to use, and I'm guessing they used door handles to avoid getting in the way of beds and stretchers.
I'd like to see a similar concept applied to automatic doors: less touching and more sanitizing.
@Nigel: From what I understood you don't have to use the sanitizer to open the door, but using the built-in dispenser does not require the user to change his behavior to sanitize. It is less unobtrusive to do as it will be in the major walkways anyways.
@Gabriel: I don't think that you would have to replace every handle in the hospital. But those on the major walkways could be helpful and sufficient enough. But this requires some proper planning in advance.
But I wonder how this is really helpful, as you still have to touch the handle. Most of the hopitals I have seen recently have got electric door openers in the major walkways and usually on the inside of any examination room there's a sink and a dispenser for sanitizers, which you have to operate with your lower arm. So you don't spread bacteria with your hands.
When you put these handles in major walkways (instead of electrical door openers) more people will touch the handle...that's just my gut feeling.
I would love to see more data from them to really back this up.