With all the attention paid to sanitizing the interiors of most public facilities these days, surprisingly little attention is being paid to the fact that in order to get into your nice, clean building, everyone first has to grasp the outside door handle, touch by dozens, perhaps hundreds of visitors every day. Does that make sense?

Facilities managers would likely most appreciate the product line from Copperhead Safety Products, which is the only company to date to directly address the issue of providing a clean and safe way for visitors to enter their buildings. The company’s Kawneer-type handle upgrades, which replace the original aluminum gripping surface with a smoothly rotating copper handle, kills all bacteria and most viruses on contact, and also reduces the pressure required to affect door opening.

Their patent-pending Active Anti-Microbial Technology copper handles never need maintenance, as all the rotating components are milled to within 5/1000 of an inch to ensure free rotation at all temperatures.  Better yet, they never need to be dis-infected, period.  (To ward off oxidation, they should be lightly polished semi-weekly.) Interestingly, even fully oxidized copper still retains 100% of its anti-microbial properties.  And, they look like gold!