17% of the public exits the restroom without washing their hands.  (*)

   Fulkerson,LLC input:
   83% of the public is views washing their hands as an important hygiene matter.

Viruses can stay alive for two hours on hands, and for 20 minutes on hard, dry surfaces.  (*)

   Fulkerson,LLC input: 
   Nearly 2 out of 10 people do not wash their hands.  A busy establishment will have contaminated door pull handles.

More than 80% of all infectious illnesses are spread by the hands.  (**)

   Fulkerson,LLC input: 
   Odds are very likely a person may be exposed to an illness by touching the traditional door pull handle.

Infection experts tend to use paper towels to open bathroom door.
  “There is no telling what germs the person before you left on the knob.  It’s a gamble.” said microbiologist Judy Daly of Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, the society’s secretary.

   Fulkerson,LLC input:

   Paper towels are being wasted.