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And what about those hand dryers? Do they just blow droplets containing the virus around the place?
by xioxox 7y ago
And what about those hand dryers? Do they just blow droplets containing the virus around the place?
- copperx 7y agoAir driers have shown to be terrible for hygiene. But they're convenient and save paper.
- Area12 7y agoConvenient for me? No, I either stand there forever or leave with semi-wet hands. Paper towels work much faster and more effective, but the decision is made by facilities.
- anchpop 7y agoYour hands dry much quicker under a hand dryer if you rub them together. I see so many people who just leave their hands flaccid and it takes a lot longer
- mindslight 7y agoAir dryers also leave you with nothing to open the door with.
- Ghjklov 7y agoThat drives me nuts... Need to always carry some paper towels on hand for times like that.
- jbay808 7y agoI keep wondering why bathroom doors aren't designed to swing outwards by default. Then you could open them without touching a handle.
- germinalphrase 7y agoI always assumed it was firecode (i.e. a fire in the bathroom creates a vacuum which prevents the door from opening outward. maybe that’s idiotic)
- ghaff 7y agoI only know what the Internet says so this may or may not be correct. 1. Inward opening is probably less inclined to disperse bathroom air into the hallway outside. 2. You're probably less likely to smack someone with a door opening into a hallway. (Or course, someone entering might do it to someone exiting a bathroom but most people are probably at least somewhat trained to exercise caution under those circumstances.) 3. If anything, I'd think fire code would favor door opening out given that's the general rule.
- literallycancer 7y agoI think doors on the emergency exit route always open outwards so that they can open in a stampede. You'd usually have push bars on them instead of a regular handle too.
- mminer237 7y agoEh, all the studies I've seen that show some dramatic difference have been funded by paper towel producers and used poor methodology. I believe research by the Mayo Clinic has shown that air dryers and paper towels are roughly equivalent for hygienic purposes.
- kaybe 7y agoThe Japanese solution is everyone carrying their own personal small towel.