A lot of variables are involved in making the choice between installing electric hand dryers and using paper towels. While some of these factors are under your control as a business owner, such as the ...

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Everyone has that gross friend who refuses or forgets to wash his (or her!) hands after using the restroom. But for those of you who don’t enjoy spreading fecal bacteria, a handy video from ...

Hand dryers spread much more bacteria than paper towels in a public bathroom setting, according to research from the University of Leeds. To conduct the experiment, researchers contaminated hands with ...

For years, a quiet battle has been unfolding in public restrooms, one most people rarely notice. In healthcare settings, that ...

The restroom at my office has electric hand dryers with little plaques that read, “Thanks for helping us save trees.” Is my company really doing the planet a favor by ditching paper towels? Generating ...

Remember when there were reports of a TikTok trend warning against using hand dryers in public restrooms on hair, and even your own hands? Well, one company is disputing those claims. Excel Dryer, who ...

EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After an exhaustive two-year process, a University of Arizona Health Sciences research team have announced the publication of their work, Comparison of ...

Hand dryers in public restrooms are often touted as a more environmentally friendly way of drying your hands. However, a new study is questioning whether the hot air method is sanitary. Indeed, the ...

Modern hand dryers are much worse than paper towels when it comes to spreading germs, according to new research. Airborne germ counts were 27 times higher around jet air dryers in comparison with the ...