Using a hand dryer is typically considered to be one of the least nasty stages of using a public bathroom. You’ve just washed your hands, and (usually) don’t have to touch anything to use one, so the ...

They might feel like the most hygienic option when it comes to drying hands (after all they’ve been installed in most public toilets) but hand dryers have been found to blast E.coli and traces of ...

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 shouldn’t be used in hospital toilets because they spread more germs than disposable paper towels, scientists have warned. A study carried out in three hospitals found ...

Five Century High School students successfully lobbied to district administrators to install hand dryers in the school's bathrooms and get rid of paper towels. The students said boys bathrooms look ...