NEW YORK (WPIX) — Are hand dryers in public restrooms blowing bacteria back on your freshly washed hands as you’re drying them? PIX11 collected samples from a variety of restrooms in the city… ...

Fecal bacteria shoots into the air each time a lidless toilet is flushed. Then that air gets sucked up rapidly and shot onto your hands when you dry them with an air dryer.

Tips for a healthy bathroom regimen While hand dryers can circulate contaminants around a space, the aim should be to stop germs from becoming aerosolized in the first place.

University of Connecticut researchers have found that hand dryers suck in bacteria from the air in the bathrooms and then spit it back out onto your hands. And when we say bacteria, we mean fecal ...

A new study concluded that bathroom hand dryers suck up germs and blow them onto a person's hands.

High-speed jet air dryers commonly found in public restrooms are germ-spreading machines, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology.

Which is safer? Testing Hand Dryers: Our Methodology KPRC 2 Investigates recruited indoor air quality expert Jack Mat to test hand dryers in public bathrooms at random. Mat owns IAQ Environmental.

A viral Facebook post has people thinking twice about using bathroom hand dryers. “Ok guys..ready to have your mind blown?!” writes Nichole Ward, of California.

New study: hand dryers equally hygienic to paper towels for drying hands; Findings support World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hand washing recommendations ...

From posh lounges to dirty dive bars, the quotidian fixture is both a symbol of modern convenience and a site of contention over sanitary restroom practices.

With an average hand-drying time of 30 seconds, we can expect between 4-5 minutes of daily dryer use per person (and more for people with an overactive bladder or similar disorders). In an attempt to ...