Hygiene
Publicized surveys and studies and ETS' viewpoints on hygiene as related to tissue.
"Intermetra Survey" – Multi-country survey of the consumers' attitudes to different hand drying systems
- Full text "Intermetra Study" – Study of the consumers' attitudes to different handdrying systems (Juni2008)
- Press release: With hygiene top of mind – Europeans prefer to dry their hands with paper towels!
- Translations of the press release:
Dutch
Finish
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
"Westminster Study" – A comparative scientific study of three different hand drying methods: paper towel, warm air dryer, jet air dryer.
- Full text of the "Westminster Study" – A comparative study on different hand drying methods: paper towel, warm air dryer, jet air dryer (Nov2008)
- Presentation of the main findings of this recent study (Feb2009)
- Summary of the comparative study (March2010)
- Westminster University Study – Key findings (Feb 2009)
- Press release: New evidence suggest electric hand dryers in public toilets pose health risk (Feb2009)
TUV Study on different methods for drying hands
Handwashingforlife
The Handwashingforlife Institute is devoted to advancing the science of hand hygiene with the purpose of reducing the incidence of food borne illness and nosocomial infections caused by poor hand hygiene. It is a global organization in support of solving the common hand hygiene challenges around the world.
University of Erlangen - Hygiene evaluation of tissue handkerchief for nose cleaning –(1994)
Comparative tests revealed that tissue handkerchiefs used for nose cleaning contained considerably less bacteria than conventional textile handkerchiefs. The results applied also to pathogenic bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Tissue handkerchiefs are – in terms of hygiene and prevention from infection – significantly better than textile handkerchiefs.