PAPER TOWELS THE MOST HYGIENIC WAY TO DRY HANDS, SAY SCIENTISTS

摘要

Leading European microbiologists and hospital hygienists have upheld evidence that hand drying using paper towels is associated with lower numbers of microbes on the hands and in the washroom environment than using warm air or high-velocity air dryers. The six experts, working in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK, have signed an eight-point statement, Hand drying: an important part of hand hygiene, which highlights the importance of hand drying after thorough hand washing and notes that air drying blows water containing microbes off the hands, which can contaminate the washroom environment. They examined studies sponsored by the European Tissue Symposium (see link below) before compiling their statement.