eHA PRESS RELEASE: World Hand Hygiene Day 2021 #HandHygiene
World Hand Hygiene Day 2021: Countries Lift Ban on Electric Hand Dryers in Public Restrooms
Bruxelles/Overseas 5 May 2021 – On WHO’s World Day of Hand Hygiene, 5th May, the electric Handdryer Association (eHA), the official body that represents the global hand dryer industry, points out the importance of proper hand hygiene and welcomes several countries’ decisions to lift bans on electric hand dryers in public restrooms and workplaces.
It has been proven that hand dryers do not spread the COVID-19 virus. As such, last spring, the UK government was first to announce exactly this, with the Spanish government following closely behind in easing regulations on the use of hand dryers in public places.
Japan Lifts Ban on electric Hand Dryers: No Covid-Spreading
The Japan Business Federation apparently follows expert opinions and the results of experiments.
Innovations: HEPA and Beyond – Safe and Healthy Restrooms
eHA members offer many solutions for restrooms technologically state of the art. Washing and drying hands carefully belongs to the most important hygienic advice during a pandemic such as Covic-19.
Study: electric Hand Dryers Do Not Produce Further Aerosols
It has been proven that the increase in aerosol and bacterial counts after drying with one of the Dyson Airblade hand dryer models is comparable to the number achieved when drying hands with paper towels.
This initiative is supported by Excel Dryer Inc. Making electric hand drying the leading System.
Life cycle analyses have demonstrated that energy efficient electric hand dryers use less energy and fewer natural resources to dry hands than paper towels. In addition, replacing paper towels with a hand dryer reduces solid waste going to landfills, which reduces disposal and maintenance costs.
Our industry has lots of potential. We need to focus on that while simultaneously challenging the critical arguments made by the paper world. As long as nobody reflects on the communicational input from the tissue industry, things can be described the wrong way without consequences.
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