Hand blowersEveryone in the cleaning industry has always been told that hand dryers inrestrooms are not sanitary, they spread germs and bacteria around. I alwaysthought that this just came from the paper companies because they are losingsales to the hand dryers.A couple of years ago, I was working with a rep, and I noticed that after hewashed his hands and noticed that there were no paper towels, only a handdryer he left the restroom with wet hands. I asked him about it.He said that hand dryers blow a lot of germs and bacteria around. He alsotold me to take a look under the hand dryer next time I was in a restroom.There is a filter underneath the hand dryer that is supposed to be cleanedon a weekly basis.I looked at one and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years. It hadlayers and layers of caked on gunk (disgusting). Since then I will not usehand dryers in restrooms.Now this is where the story gets really interesting.The schools and universities that have had the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreakthis year are being told by the health department that they have to take outall of their hand dryers and replace them with towel dispensers because thehand dryers are spreading disease.I never liked those hand blowers and now I have a reason to not use them.Please pass this alongso everyone knows not to use hand dryers.Hand blowersEveryone in the cleaning industry has always been told that hand dryers inrestrooms are not sanitary, they spread germs and bacteria around. I alwaysthought that this just came from the paper companies because they are losingsales to the hand dryers.A couple of years ago, I was working with a rep, and I noticed that after hewashed his hands and noticed that there were no paper towels, only a handdryer he left the restroom with wet hands. I asked him about it.He said that hand dryers blow a lot of germs and bacteria around. He alsotold me to take a look under the hand dryer next time I was in a restroom.There is a filter underneath the hand dryer that is supposed to be cleanedon a weekly basis.I looked at one and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years. It hadlayers and layers of caked on gunk (disgusting). Since then I will not usehand dryers in restrooms.Now this is where the story gets really interesting.The schools and universities that have had the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreakthis year are being told by the health department that they have to take outall of their hand dryers and replace them with towel dispensers because thehand dryers are spreading disease.I never liked those hand blowers and now I have a reason to not use them.Please pass this alongso everyone knows not to use hand dryers.