Hand Dryers In Public Bathrooms

Air dryers are being utilized in public bathrooms as a way of reducing paper waste but are they a better method for drying your hands than paper towels.

Hand dryers in public bathrooms.

This new research squares with several recent studies that show the handy hot air and jet dryers may be one of the highest sources of bacterial contamination in a public restroom. Besides the sink is the better place for installing a hand dryer. It s hard to go into most public bathrooms these days and not see a hand dryer attached to the wall. Nichole ward posted a photo of a petri dish filled with fungi and bacteria that came out of a hand dryer.

From an environmental viewpoint the use of hand dryers is better for the environment as it saves tons of paper but hand dryers can spread more bacteria than paper towels. The post was made by a researcher who wanted to bring attention to hygiene or lack thereof in public spaces as well as at home. For home you should install the dryer out of the bathroom. So the contaminated air inside the public bathroom will not blow in your hand anymore.

Are hand dryers safe. Weather makes you sick and other cold and flu myths debunked. Nichole placed the empty petri dish within a closed hand dryer in a public bathroom for three minutes and this is what she ended up with. You can also move it out of the bathroom for better hygiene.