Abstract: The present invention provides a lifting attachment or handle for raising or lowering a toilet seat, toilet seat cover or lid, toilet seat rim, dustbin cover, bucket cover, utensil cover, or the like article covers without actually having to touch them thereby reducing significantly the chances of exposure to transmittance of pathogenic microbes, germs, bacteria, and other harmful microorganisms. The lifting handle comprises a first elongation member having fastening mechanism for detachably affixing the first elongation member onto the toilet seat cover; a second elongation having a first end and a second end, the second elongation member extending angularly from the first elongation member at the first end and extending downwardly at the second end and configures a third elongation member and capable of receiving a user's hand for lifting the toilet seat cover.