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Toilet Seat Sanitizers

Category: Safety
Responses: 2 (2 in support, 0 neutral, 0 in opposition)
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While some places offer complimentary toilet seat covers, most public washrooms are far from clean. Companies that sell disinfectants like Lysol could make purse-sized sprays to use on public toilet seats for those people who worry about their bum's safety.

Spray on the toilet seat before using, or on your bum afterwards. (Just kidding ;)

Justin R, Aug 18 2004

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I think a better idea would be for all public toilets to be a self-contained and insulated unit. Once someone leaves, a high pressure flood of hot water from the ceiling washes everything followed by a blast of air to dry everything. Obviously, the toilet paper container would have to be water sealable by auto control for the duration of the cleaning operation.

AJIdea, Aug 19 2004

That's surely going to sanitize the toilet, but it takes an enormous amount of energy to heat and pump water into the stall every time a person uses it. For the sake of energy conservation, a little sanitizer spray would work fine.

CDugan, Aug 21 2004

A beam of intense ultra-violet light focused on sensitive areas might be more economical and practical. If the light functioned only when the booth were unoccupied there would be no danger to occupants.

sand, Nov 07 2005

I ate at a wonderful BBQ Restaurant that had a spray sanitizer. You spray some paper with the sanitizer, and wipe down the seat. I say it was a wonderful place to eat because of the latest technology in seat hygeine.

JesseV, Feb 02 2006

Onus should probably be with the house. My old workplace left out a full-sized can for whomever wished. Could also consider wet-wipes, like some grocers do for carts and baskets.

nayhem, May 16 2006

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