Novel Design for Door Handle-A Potential Technology to Reduce Hand Contamination in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Rehabilitation and Technical Aid Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 3D Printing Center and Design, Department of Rehabilitation and Technical Aid Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Rehabilitation and Technical Aid Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: wmchen@vghtpe.gov.tw.

Editorial

Kuan-Lin Chen et al. Am J Med. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;133(11):1245-1246.

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.05.015. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

¹ Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Rehabilitation and Technical Aid Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 3D Printing Center and Design, Department of Rehabilitation and Technical Aid Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Rehabilitation and Technical Aid Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: wmchen@vghtpe.gov.tw.

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