VitaTouch

An important learning from our two-year odyssey with COVID-19 is that the door handle, by billions of people around the world, multiple times per day, is a “super spreader” of germs and viruses. As a result, most people will do anything possible to avoid touching one to avoid illness. But what if touching a door handle could actually prevent the spread of germs and viruses? It can with a new product from VitaTouch. The Situation The World Health Organization has confirmed 506 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Along with the CDC, the WHO has proven that proper hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to reduce the spread of infection, including the COVID-19 virus. However, most individuals do not wash their hands properly or often enough and, even with the pandemic, have only moderately changed their hand hygiene behaviors. The Solution With those factors in mind, VitaTouch developed a door handle that goes beyond not spreading disease. It actually promotes hand hygiene – by automatically dispensing hand sanitizer into the palm of your hand with every pull. Simply grab the handle and the patented technology automatically dispenses a calibrated amount of sanitizer based on hand size. Since the handle focuses on cleaning the hand (versus the handle), it protects the health of the individual well beyond the initial interaction with the door. Sanitizing stations that are wall-mounted or remote have become common place but require a change in behavior; individuals must interrupt their normal activity to seek out hand-sanitizer. VitaTouch products are integrated into the door, requiring no change in behavior to make them effective. For building owners, VitaTouch offers a visible signal of the high value they place on health and safety for employees and visitors. Because people cite sticky residue as a primary reason for avoiding hand sanitizer, the VitaTouch handle dispenses a silky smooth and rapid-drying sanitizer that is 70% a