The “Commode” Toilet Seat. Prior to the flush toilet, the renaissance era saw toilets that consisted of a box with a seat and a lid covering a porcelain or copper pot to catch the waste.

The craziest thing he’s ever been asked to make was a copper toilet seat. The woman J.R. DeGidio made it for liked it so much she came back and asked him to make a copper lid to go with it ...

The bathrooms will also include copper-infused toilet seats. "Nothing can live on copper. They can't live or breed. It basically breaks down the membrane of the bacteria," Pritchard-Kerr noted.

That includes copper toilet seats, overbed tables, bed rails and door handles. Copper will also be used in the 12-bed high acuity unit which is currently under construction on the hospital’s ...