Are the Dyson Airblades actually hygenic?

The Dyson Airblade: health help or hindrance? ... Companies such as Dyson, makers of the Airblade, have long complained about the paper towel industry sponsoring research into the hygiene implications of different ... In fact, the research went on, only 75% of women and 58% of men actually did. read more

From Wikipedia Dyson Airblade In the United States, Dyson worked with the NSF to become the only certified hand dryer under Protocol P335 for Hygienic Commercial Hand Dryers The Royal Society of Public Health has given the Dyson Airblade hand dryer its first hygiene accreditation. read more

Dyson has hit back in the past. In 2008, it became the first hand-dryer to be kite-marked by the Royal Society for Public Health, which noted that the Airblade filters 99.9% of bacteria out of the air it ingests, dubbing it “a significant step forward in hand-dryer technology”. read more

"Dyson Airblades 'spread germs 1,300 times more than paper towels'," said another. Dyson, understandably, isn’t happy ("It’s just not cricket," their in-house microbiologist told The Verge). But the argument over the cleanliness of different hand-drying methods is one that’s been waged quietly for decades via studies, papers, and conferences. read more