Touching the doors in public washrooms has often been a very unsanitary event. The thought of the number of people who did not wash their hands after using the loo and touched that door handle, almost makes you want to hold on till you can get home to do your business. However sometimes there is just no avoiding the germ ridden door handle of a public washroom.

Perhaps the Agency of Design for Altitude  Medical, a studio in Britain, finally has come up with the solution to the icky door handle. The one that they designed does not just repel germs, it actually helps people sanitize their hands as well. The handle that they call “Pull Clean” looks just like a normal door handle except for the blue section below that pumps out hand sanitizer when pushed.

It also contains a sensor that monitors how often it is used. It has been on trial in various hospitals to see if the use for such a door handle is able to cut down the number of hospital acquired infections in recovering patients. From the data collected so far in US hospitals it has been able to increase the frequency of hand sanitizing from 22% to 77% as per Discovery News. Now that is a science project worth replicating!