Where are the self-opening doors?

[unwashed potato!]

If you have a power cut, the door must fail 'safe' ie open.

So there you are with your crackers around your ankles....

wrong door. we're not talking about the doors to the cubicles, it's the door to the toiler room that has mutliple cubicles, urinals etc. you wash you hands and then go to leave with clean hands and touch the handle of the door to open it, which has been touched by others who don't wash their hands.

it's defiantly something that i find myself sighing at often as having the door open the other way would solve the issue. i have often washing my hands for longer than i normally would so that someone else opens to the door and i can jump out quickly without touching anything.

 

[Things change I've changed]

What you want is UV sterilisation door handles, should be common place is public places.

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/uv-light-doorhandle

 

[Brutal biff]

Automatic doors are expensive to fit and even worse to maintain and service.

They break down all the time, my company look after a load of them in various buildings we are forever having them repaired or replaced.

I'm trying get into working on them I'm booked on a course to get Adia certified sounds like theres plenty of work for them which is good lol

 

[ttaskmaster]

However, having carefully washed and dried your hands you then have to grab the germ infested door handle and pull it to get out! What genius thinks up and/or specifies these brilliant hygiene schemes?

The same one that enjoys a high antibody count?

Yes, washing your hands, not spitting and covering your mouth when sneezing is SO 21st Century.

Whereas getting sick and ill and being allergic to everything under the sun isn't?
Both people I know who are absolute clean-freaks and border on CDO-levels of hand-washing are the two that always have a sniffle or something. Those of us who are perpetually covered in dirt, engine grease, oil, and such, are teh ones who never seem to even get a cold.

That would be a VERY good idea, they have them all over the place in hospitals and in many GP Surgery waiting areas

And yet when scrubbing up for surgery, all those entering the theatre actually wash their hands rather than use alcohol gel. Putting what is effectively a bit of soap on your filthy ******* hands does not get rid of the contaminants very well.

That swings both ways

I would make a joke about 'yer mum', there, but the Mods probably wouldn't like it...