And since we are very likely to need to use the elevators because of our impaired walking ability let your doctor or therapist push the buttons for you. They can handle any infection much better than you can.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hospital-elevator-buttons-carry-more-bacteria-toilet-surfaces/2014-07-08?
Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto found that bacteria
commonly colonize on elevator buttons, although most pathogens were not
clinically relevant, according to a study published in Open Medicine.
Researchers swabbed 120 elevator buttons and 96 toilet surfaces over
separate intervals at three large, urban teaching hospitals on weekends
and weekdays in Toronto, Ontario. They swabbed the up and down buttons
on the outside of the elevator, along with the ground floor and a
randomly selected upper-level floor button, while they swabbed the
handles of the bathroom door, the privacy latch on the door and the
toilet flusher.
I use the back of my hand/fingers/knuckles to hit elevator buttons and the big buttons to open a door for handicap access. I rub my eyes too much to get germs on my fingertips.
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