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Hand Drying Offers Protection Against Smear Infections

Many pathogens are passed from hand to hand and from doorknob to doorknob, for example in the office. Frequent hand washing protects against smear infections, for example with gastrointestinal viruses. The Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) points this out. But thorough hand drying is also part of it.

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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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20sec.
or less for dry, clean and hygienic hands
99.9%
of bacteria removed by modern HEPA-filter
51000
Trees a day can be saved
254m
tons of discarded paper towels a year
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Hand Dryer Initiative
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