An appliance for disinfecting hand-held devices each having a surface that is contacted manually when the device is in use, composed of: a source of disinfecting radiation； and a conveyer system operative to convey the devices past the source with the top and/or bottom surfaces of each device facing the source, wherein the conveyor system is composed of a plurality of hollow, transparent rollers； and the source of disinfecting radiation includes a plurality of lamps, each housed in a respective one of the transparent rollers.
