• No more skin irritations due to hand disinfection after entering the room 
• No more time lost due to additional glove changes and hand disinfection
• No more putting down trays to open the door
• No more fear of touching door handles 
• No more transmission of pathogens via door handles and hands, from one day to the next
• Effective protection against the failure of some employees and patients to wash their hands when necessary

Contamination on the hands does not even get to the door handles with Doorcies. The Doorcies are not only above but also offset in front of the handles, which protects the door handles from contact with the hands, and vice versa. 

The strict separation of patient contact with the hand on the one side, and door handle operation with the forearm on the other side protects against cross infections safely and easily. Above all your staff, and they are the most important thing for your patients.

The Doorcie works very simply, with either left or right arm. And much safer than disinfections that only work for about 3 minutes until dry. Hand disinfectants are also saved, along with the time needed to refill.

Conversely, the Doorcies protected in this way will remain free of pathogens and therefore bare arms can hardly contaminated by them.

The half-shell also allows old and disabled people to easily push down, push the door open or pull the door in one safe movement, ideal for old people's and nursing homes where Doorcies are presently much needed.

Of course, the rapid restriction of corona spreading is a priority for all of us. Nevertheless, every hospital needs employees who are responsible for the finances. We would also like to say a few words to these employees:

• If your ward personnel disinfect their hands or change protective gloves when entering or leaving a patient's room to operate the door handles, it will take 15 seconds without any ifs and buts. Plus the disinfectants or gloves.
• If your patients receive food 3 times a day and the dishes are collected 3 times a day, this makes 6 room entries.
• If the average patient is visited only 10 times in 24 hours for treatment and monitoring purposes, this adds up to 16 times 15 seconds a day, or 4 minutes.
• This corresponds to about 2 working hours per month.
• Assuming average wage costs of 36 euros per working hour including employer's shares, a pair of doorcies will have paid for themselves before one month is up.

 
In hospitals, Doorcies help to relieve overworked nursing staff and protect them from infections. Hospital staff risk health and life to help others. We must take every opportunity to support them.

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