It’s long been suspected that hand dryers, especially those quick-drying ones that blast hot air known as jet dryers, are actually way worse at keeping our hands and bathrooms free of disease-causing ...

Jet air hand dryers in hospital toilets spread more germs than disposable paper towels and should not be used, scientists have advised. Writing in the Journal of Hospital Infection, researchers argued ...

They’re often portrayed as cleaner alternatives to hand-towels, but it seems that jet-air hand dryers may actually not be as clean as you think. A new study has revealed that jet-air hand dryers ...

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Dryers can create an "aerosol that contaminates the toilet room" when people do not wash their hands properly before using them. Image: This was taken after someone put a powder on their hands which ...