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Bacteria -> Your hands Your hands -> Windstream Windstream -> Goes everywhere It's not even about Dyson dryers, but dryers in general

by Mo3 5y ago

thebean11 5y ago
It's meant for hands that were just washed. I understand that not everyone does a great job washing, but I have a hard time believing this poses a real threat..
- pfg 5y ago
  Let's look at some studies: > Participants washed their gloved hands with a suspension of MS2 bacteriophage and hands were dried with one of the three hand-drying devices. [...] Over a height range of 0·15–1·65 m, the JAD [jet air dryer] dispersed an average of >60 and >1300-fold more plaque-forming units (PFU) compared to the WAD [warm air dryer] and PT [paper towels] (P < 0·0001), respectively.[1] Okay, but I'm sure just-washed hands aren't all that dirty, right? > This observational study was conducted to evaluate [...] hand hygiene practices among college students. [...] Overall, 72.9% of students washed their hands, 58.3% practiced hand hygiene (using either soap or hand sanitizer), and 26.1% washed their hands adequately.[2] I couldn't find any epidemiological studies, but this feels like good enough of a reason to stick to other options considering these things are a solution in search of a problem anyway. [1]: https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jam.13014 https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jam... [2]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18538703/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18538703/
WithinReason 5y ago
But you just washed your hands. Where are the bacteria coming from?
- kindatrue 5y ago
  "washed" Have you seen people in the real world?
  - masklinn 5y ago
    Even assuming they're washed correctly (entire song thing with all the trimmings), a bathroom sink is not a steriliser.
- SllX 5y ago
  You’re lucky if people even make a show of washing their hands. If they wash them well, then you have just met a unicorn. And even people who do normally wash their hands well sometimes run into issues like there not being any goddamn soap stocked (in the same bathroom, 3 days in a row). Don’t use the air blowers; just let your hands air dry if there’s no paper towels. It doesn’t take very long and has been basically my standard practice for about 10 years now.

Bacteria -> Your hands Your hands -> Windstream Windstream -> Goes everywhere It's not even about Dyson dryers, but dryers in general

by Mo3 5y ago

Bacteria -> Your hands Your hands -> Windstream Windstream -> Goes everywhere It's not even about Dyson dryers, but dryers in general

thebean11 5y ago

It's meant for hands that were just washed. I understand that not everyone does a great job washing, but I have a hard time believing this poses a real threat..

pfg 5y ago
Let's look at some studies: > Participants washed their gloved hands with a suspension of MS2 bacteriophage and hands were dried with one of the three hand-drying devices. [...] Over a height range of 0·15–1·65 m, the JAD [jet air dryer] dispersed an average of >60 and >1300-fold more plaque-forming units (PFU) compared to the WAD [warm air dryer] and PT [paper towels] (P < 0·0001), respectively.[1] Okay, but I'm sure just-washed hands aren't all that dirty, right? > This observational study was conducted to evaluate [...] hand hygiene practices among college students. [...] Overall, 72.9% of students washed their hands, 58.3% practiced hand hygiene (using either soap or hand sanitizer), and 26.1% washed their hands adequately.[2] I couldn't find any epidemiological studies, but this feels like good enough of a reason to stick to other options considering these things are a solution in search of a problem anyway. [1]: https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jam.13014 https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jam... [2]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18538703/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18538703/

WithinReason 5y ago

But you just washed your hands. Where are the bacteria coming from?

kindatrue 5y ago
"washed" Have you seen people in the real world?
- masklinn 5y ago
  Even assuming they're washed correctly (entire song thing with all the trimmings), a bathroom sink is not a steriliser.
SllX 5y ago
You’re lucky if people even make a show of washing their hands. If they wash them well, then you have just met a unicorn. And even people who do normally wash their hands well sometimes run into issues like there not being any goddamn soap stocked (in the same bathroom, 3 days in a row). Don’t use the air blowers; just let your hands air dry if there’s no paper towels. It doesn’t take very long and has been basically my standard practice for about 10 years now.