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05/05/2016
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According to a new study, the hot air machines or dryers with air jet spread up to 1,300 times more bacteria and viruses than towels
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A study by British researchers showed that machines drying hands based on air jets spread on average 60 times more germs than ordinary machines hot air and 1300 times more than the paper towels. (IStock / Getty Images)
Although a more sustainable alternative to the towel, the hot air machines or dryers, air jet spread up to 1,300 times more bacteria, viruses and fungi in relation to disposable towels. The conclusion of a study published in the scientific journal Journal of Applied Microbiology.
In the experiment, researchers at the University of Westminster in England, spent the hands, which were protected by gloves in a liquid solution containing the MS2 virus. Then they tested three drying methods: paper towels, hot air machines and dryers with air jets.
The results showed that, when drying hands with a towel, the virus spread over an area up to 25 cm around where he was. Since the hot air machines ejected the virus to 75 cm away. The machines air jets spread the virus by impressive three meters. Moreover, the air jets spread on average 1 300 times more than the paper towels.
The air jet scatters machine also greatest amount of virus. One study showed that paper towels decreased by 24% the amount of bacteria on the skin, while the air jets increased by 117% the number of microorganisms.
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