Drying your hands with paper hand towels is the most effective method for reducing the proliferation of bacteria among people, and for limiting the dispersion of bacteria into the environment.This ...

Hands were dried using either paper towels (PT) or a jet air dryer (JAD). Each volunteer wore an apron, to enable measurement of body/clothing contamination during hand drying.

Each volunteer wore an apron, to enable measurement of body and clothing contamination during hand drying. Hand drying was performed in a hospital public toilet and, after exiting, samples were ...

Hands were dried using either paper towels (PT) or a jet air dryer (JAD). Each volunteer wore an apron, to enable measurement of body/clothing contamination during hand drying.

Hands were dried using either paper towels (PT) or a jet air dryer (JAD). Each volunteer wore an apron, to enable measurement of body/clothing contamination during hand drying.

Dr Webber, who is working with hand dryer manufacturing firm Airdri, said there are eight different styles of hand drying people tend to use. Here he reveals how much each style spreads germs. 1.

Washing our hands correctly is essential, but new research shows that how we dry our hands also matters for controlling viral spread, and not all drying methods are equal.