Dry hands with single-use paper towels to keep you and your family healthy Monday 19 January, 2018 Europe is currently in the grip of a flu epidemic. WHO and ECDC’s FluNewsEurope reports both influenza A and B viruses as widespread across the continent . As health services are strained to the limit, major public information [...]
Think it doesn't matter how you dry your hands? Think again. Sunday December 17, 2017 Keith Redway, Emeritus Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, was interviewed on Sunday, December 17, during "The Sunday Edition", broadcasted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In his Interview, the popular Radio Broadcaster Michael Enright, extensively discusses the [...]
Hospital washrooms with jet air dryers have higher microbial burden suggests pilot study November 2017- A pilot study undertaken by experts from the Microbiology department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Leeds suggests that hospital washrooms with jet air dryers may have higher levels of environmental microbial contamination than those using [...]
OUR HANDS, OUR FUTURE! Washing your hands properly matters. Correct choice of hand drying method matters. #GlobalHandwashingDay #Handhygiene
Prince Charles took his own towels to official engagement in Leicester last week He avoided the toilet machines at the Mountsorrel and Rothley Heritage Centre Instead, freshly laundered towels were placed in a cubicle for his tour to the site Prince Charles took his own towels to an official engagement so he didn't have to [...]
The original Tissue World, which began in Nice in 1993 and held in 2013 and 2015 in Barcelona, is THE BIG ONE. The world’s largest show specifically for the tissue business. It gives tissue makers, converters and suppliers to the tissue making and converting industries a unique experience and opportunity to network, exchange ideas and [...]
Subject: Concerns on the potential discontinuation of EU Ecolabel product groups 19 December 2016 We, European paper manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers, consumer organisations and environmental NGOs, are writing to share our concerns about the possible removal of a number [...]
Candid Camera investigations has found some hand dryers are harboring a dirty little secret. "They stated those gadgets are supposed to be eco-friendly, it turns out they may expose you to potentially dangerous bacteria." Investigative reported Wendy Saltzman found germs and unsanitary conditions in some Dyson Airjet Dryers [...]
Dryers: Many germs in the air By Daniel Krull Dryers with air nozzles are suspected of swirling germs and bacteria in the room air. In a sample, market has had the load checked in five heavily frequented toilets from a lab. There were significantly more germs [...]
Some of the washrooms at ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam 2016 were equipped with BOTH, Paper Towels and Jet Air Dryers, one on top of the other. The behavior of 3.879 Visitors (2.474 Men and 1.405 Women) drying their hands was observed, in four washrooms, equipped with both Paper Towels and Jet Air Dryers. Among Men, the preference [...]
