Cleaning shield

In a hospital washroom or cleaning station including an open-topped commode where items such as bed pans, urine bottles and the like are cleaned, and including a generally vertical wall disposed to the rear or side of said commode, and a source of water which is pivotally mounted to said rear or side wall so as to be moveable between a raised or lowered position, apparatus comprising:

• a) a transparent member having at least two open apertures therein, said apertures being spaced adjacent from each other to accommodate the left and right arms of a person, said member having a size that is sufficiently large to shield the head and upper torso of said person;
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• b) mounting means for removably mounting said member to said pivotally mounted source of water such that said member when attached to said source of water pivots relative to said wall between said raised and said lowered position such that when said member is in said raised position, said commode is open and unshielded, and when said member is in said lowered position, said member is in a generally horizontal plane over said commode, and said commode is open and shielded whereby said person can place both arms through said apertures of said member thereby placing both hands on one side of said member so as to use both hands to clean said items in said commode while said person's head and upper torso remain on the other side of the member so that said person's head and upper torso are shielded from splashing as said items are cleaned.