Patent ID: 7338646

Claim:
A handle for operating one of a door, a faucet and a toilet cistern, comprising a movable member; a contact surface on the movable member for grasping by a person to move the movable member from a resting position to a second position, the movable member returning to the resting position upon release of the movable member by the person; germicide applying means for applying the germicide to the contact surface; and an operating mechanism coupled between the movable member and the germicide applying means to cause germicide to be applied to the contact surface, characterised in that the operating mechanism directs a spray of at least one of an aerosol and a mist of germicide onto the contact surface during a return movement of the movable member to the resting position such that the spray is produced only after the movable member is released by the person, thereby allowing the spray to land on substantially all of the contact surface and not on the person.