What’s better for limiting the spread of bacteria in washrooms: paper towels, or air dryers? New research funded by a trade organization of paper towel manufacturers suggests that towels spread less ...

If you have a choice between paper towels and hand air dryers in restrooms, new research suggests you should choose the paper towels. Researchers placed a harmless type of bacteria on the hands of ...

A study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection found bacterial contamination was lower in washrooms where paper towels were used for hand drying than in washrooms where jet air dryers were ...

Given the choice between noisy hand dryers and tree-felling paper towels, dryers are the better option, right? Maybe not, at least when it comes to your health. A University of Leeds study finds hand ...

Paper towels appear to be better than air dryers at removing germs left behind when people don't wash their hands properly, according to a small preliminary study. The research carried out at a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Study results suggest that health care workers will spread fewer pathogens if they use paper towels to dry their ...

Frequent hand-washing with soap and water is key to preventing the spread of coronavirus, but what's the best way to dry your hands afterward? In a new, small study, British researchers found paper ...

You’re finishing up washing your hands in a public restroom and have a split-second decision to make: Do you blast them with the jet dryer … or burn through paper towels like it’s 1985? You don’t want ...

If public restrooms weren't disgusting enough already, consider this fun fact — the often-used hand dryers spread considerably more bacteria than paper towels, over 100 times more in fact. So not only ...

Torn between which is the more hygienic choice for cleaning hands: the paper towel or hand dryer? A new study will make the choice easier for you. According to research conducted at the University of ...