Using a hand dryer is typically considered to be one of the least nasty stages of using a public bathroom. You’ve just washed your hands, and (usually) don’t have to touch anything to use one, so the ...

While washing your hands after using the restroom is always recommended hygiene, a recent study might have you thinking twice about using a hand dryer afterward. University of Connecticut researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of air-powered hand dryers may spread more airborne bacteria than paper towels, according to data.

Hand dryers in public restrooms that blast bathroom air onto your recently washed hands can deposit bacteria, a recent study has found. Published in the April 2018 issue of the journal Applied and ...

A recently published study got the attention of the public as researchers found that the hand dryers in public restrooms actually transmit different kinds of bacteria onto the hands of its users.

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The next time you’re done washing your hands in a public restroom, maybe make your next stop the paper towel dispenser. That’s what a group of scientists at the University of Connecticut would advise, ...

An e-mailed alert began circulating in October 2009, holding that hot air hand dryers in restrooms were contributing to the spread of a flu virus: Bathroom Hand Dryers..Interesting Info Everyone in ...

Washing your hands is one of the easiest ways to stop the spread of germs, right? Well, your office hand dryer might actually be spreading fecal bacteria onto your hands and throughout your building.

While washing your hands after using the restroom is always recommended hygiene, a recent study might have you thinking twice about using a hand dryer afterward. University of Connecticut researchers ...