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Iβm not an expert (at all), but I presume that opening a door into a thoroughfare risks hitting someone with the door but opening into a room only risks a person ready to leave (and approaching the door head on?)
Just thoughtsβ¦
One compromise might be touchless door handles
I've also seen these at my school, but it doesn't work for all doors since the door needs to be light enough
Neither of these are that accessible though, and I can't find photos of the better ones
accessibility shouldn't prevent improvements, we can just add the foot handles and handicapped people simply keep operating doors like they currently do.
They'll still be exposed to fewer germs so they benefit anyways.
That's fair, both options can exist at the same time in this case
Or people could simply wash their damn hands...
Have you met people? They don't do that.
I've seen something similar for your arm. It's larger and at arms length so you can use more of your body weight to pull it open
The arm one is dumb because I've seen people with unwashed hands grab it. The foot one makes more sense. Although it's not accessible like you said.
So? If I can manipulate it with my sleeved arm (thus keeping my hands clean), it's still working pretty well. Sure, I'd prefer not to have my sleeve contact something that someone's unwashed hands have been on, but better that than my hand.
I have actually seen these foot handles in a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio... pretty nice!