People are more concerned than ever (rightfully so) about picking up germs in public places. We’re hyper aware that the majority of bugs enter our body after we’ve touched a surface with our hands, then touched our eyes, nose, or mouth before we’ve had a chance to wash.
Gloves aren’t a good answer, unless you’re going to change them after each time you touch a public surface, but this newly designed brass “Hygiene Hand” just might be.
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The tool was created by emergency prep company StatGear Tools, and is made to be carried every day in your pocket or purse in order to protect your hand from surface germs.
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From the website:
Meet the Hygiene Hand, an EDC tool which fits on your keychain and is used to help decrease the spreading of germs while performing some of your everyday tasks.
When thinking about the everyday tasks we encounter, we wanted to help “flatten the curve” by making a tool which allowed you to touch buttons, sign digital screens, and even open doors WITHOUT the use of your finger/hand touching the same surfaces as 100’s of other people!
The Hygiene Hand is made from solid brass which is inherently anti-microbial, meaning viruses are unable to naturally thrive.
The company is raising funds through a Kickstarter project to help ease public anxiety about how to really stay clean in public, and avoid bringing home germs to the people we love.
You can use the tool to literally do anything your hands or fingers can do – open doors, use an ATM, enter door codes, pick up your grocery bags – which means only needing to disinfect your brass tool when you get home and not your entire body.
Personally, I think this is a great idea, though whether people will use it enough to make it become second nature is a whole other question.
I love how people are thinking outside the box to make our world safer, though! Cheers to that!
