• Mannivu
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          345 days ago

          You’re right and I linked a fairly old study. I’ve edited my comment to add a more recent source.

        • @kautau@lemmy.world
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          205 days ago

          Findings: Air bacterial counts in close proximity to hand drying were 4.5-fold higher for the jet air dryer (70.7 cfu) compared with the warm air dryer (15.7 cfu) (P=0.001), and 27-fold higher compared with use of paper towels (2.6 cfu) (P<0.001).* Airborne counts were also significantly different during use of towel drying versus warm air dryer (P=0.001). A similar pattern was seen for bacterial counts at 1m away. Visualization experiments demonstrated that the jet air dryer caused the most droplet dispersal.

          • @SmoothOperator@lemmy.world
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            45 days ago

            Isn’t the point to get bacteria off your hands? Isn’t it better to have them in the air than on your hands?

            It’s a lot more likely I’ll eat something I touched than something that’s been sitting in bathroom air.

      • @Artyom@lemm.ee
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        45 days ago

        They used a jet air dryer, those are the shitty ones that spray everything everywhere. Of course it’ll be worse. I’d like to see how a dyson air blade hold up under that kind of test.