UV kills the germs. They should install lamps. Added bonus everybody gets tan hands.
Noted. Thanks OP
Inconclusive sauce here: https://mander.xyz/post/21607221/15388187
Every few years either the paper towels or the dryer spreads more germs, depends on the mood you know.
Edit: Seems like Big Paper™ sent their goons /s https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(11)00967-9/abstract
There are a lot of different dryer designs as well, some of which are much more friendly to breeding bacteria than others.
Bacteria orgy this weekend at Sal's.
Downvoted for lack of source
First time I'm seeing a claim that paper towels spread more germs. Got a source to back that up?
It doesn't seem plausible. After wiping your hands dry the bacteria either stayed on your hands or were transferred to the paper towel. I can't see a path to the air.
Blasting your hands with air fast enough to blow off whole water drops and shatter them would put bacteria in the air.
I presume that when testing their air driers they use a sterile room and thoroughly washed hands in hospital type soap so any bacteria went down the drain and only sterile water was blown into the air
OP edited their post with a link. It's an entirely different topic, it's about germs on paper towels coming from the factory.
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