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Hotel guests! The remote you are holding in your hand right now may be the filthiest object in the room.

“In our studies, it was often the most germy object in the room,” said Charles Gerba, an environmental microbiologist from the University of Arizona. “I think nobody ever cleans it.”

Up until now, when checking into a hotel room Dr. Gerba had avoided using the TV remote in his hotel rooms. Other travelers use the devices, but wipe it down with sanitizer or cover it with a plastic glove or shower caps.

Now Dr. Gerba and other travelers do not have to worry quite so much if their hotel has DIRECTV, the satellite TV service.

As part of a new “Residential Experience for Hotels” package, DIRECTV is rolling out an anti- microbial remote control coated with a germ-resistant finish. The company says the new coating will not change the feel of remote, but will offer “up to 99.99 percent protection from harmful organisms such as bacteria, mold and fungi”, according to Rod Keller, vice president of commercial Sales for DIRECTV.