Roller Towels Or Hand Towels - Washroom Services
Roller towels are excellent for reducing noise and waste, in the washroom. Roller towels come in a unique cabinet that allows each person to use a clean section of the towel every time. In addition, dirty sections of the towel are never used again, so that cross contamination does not occur. However, as the roller towel gets to the end they are often over used, if not replaced. Therefore, they need replacing immediately, to avoid being a health hazard. A professional roller towel dispensing company will supply the cabinet for free. The roller supply company will not usually clean the towels or replace them, though. Towels are not expensive to buy and they are easy to wash and dry. They are low maintenance and provide a convenient, hygienic way of drying the hands.
Hand towels are not as good as cloth rollers where hygiene is concerned. Roller towels are one of the most hygienic methods of hand drying. They help prevent contamination of germs through friction and also through the air. Roller towels actually remove bacteria from a person's hands, whereas hand towels may not.
There are different kinds of hygienic hand drying methods such as using interleaved hand towel machines. These work by allowing sheet by sheet dispensing with a huge range of hand towels. Hand towels that are left for days or weeks without washing provide the greatest risk of bacteria. The bacteria is left on the towel until the next person uses it.
Although hand towels might be cheaper to buy and maintain, they pose the greatest risk for hygiene. Even if hand towels are left for just one day, they can transfer germs from person to person. If someone uses the hand towel and is infected with a stomach bug, they could pass the germs on to the next person. The only way of ensuring that hand towels are hygienic is by replacing them after each use. This would be an expensive process for the company. Furthermore, there are new strains of stomach virus that are more tricky to avoid, so hand towels are generally not a good idea for a business. A business would be far better with roller towels that are encased in a cabinet away from bacteria in the air. Even the smallest amount of bacteria found on a hand towel could transmit a stomach bug to someone. As part of their washroom services, businesses should supply a liquid hand sanitiser outside of the bathroom, for people to use after they leave the toilet.
One of the biggest risks for transferring germs from individual to individual is by ingesting bacteria. However, using the correct hand washing methods and drying will limit the risk of cross-infection and provide satisfaction for staff, customers and visitors at the work-place. There has been much debate over the most effective way for drying hands to limit the risk of bacteria.