Comparison of electric hand dryers and paper towels for hand hygiene: a critical review of the literature.

‘...a diverse community of culturable bacteria contaminates unused paper towels...some of these bacterial strains may be toxin producers...This may be significant for some clinical and industrial settings as well as for immunocompromised individuals...’ (Gendron et al . 2012 ). ‘From a hygiene standpoint, paper towels are superior to air dryers’ (Huang et al . 2012 ). ‘These results suggest that air dryers may be unsuitable for use in healthcare settings as

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