TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Washing your dirty hands is one of the best-known ways to keep germs from spreading. But, a new study may have you thinking twice before using the hand dryer in a public bathroom.
It's important to wash your hands to ward off germs. However, some hand dryers could be doing more harm than good, according to a new report. Researchers from the University of Connecticut School of ...
Next time you wash your hands in a public restroom, you may want to think twice about heading towards the hand dryers. A viral video circulating on TikTok reveals what happens if you use a hot-air ...
Washing your grubby mitts is one of the best ways to cut your chances of getting sick and spreading harmful germs to others, but a new study may make you think twice before you use air hand dryers in ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A study says using a hand dryer spreads 1,300 times as many germs around bathrooms as drying with a paper towel does. When media outlets started reporting this a couple weeks ...
"Comparison of different hand-drying methods: the potential for airborne microbe dispersal and contamination"- The Journal of Hospital Infection "The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods ...
The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...
Electric hand dryers are eco-friendly — but may hide a dirty secret. In an effort to save the environment, public restrooms have begun offering electric hand dryers in place of paper towels, but a ...
The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...