A combination hand dryer/air steriliser apparatus (10,110) comprising: a housing unit housing a hand dryer unit (30,130) and an air sterilisation unit (31,131), the housing unit having an air intake opening, a first air outlet opening, and a second air outlet opening (17,117) for a first airflow to pass from said air intake opening to said first air outlet opening and through said hand dryer unit (30,130), and for a second airflow to pass from said air intake opening to said second air outlet opening (17,117) and through said air sterilisation unit (31,131); said hand dryer unit comprising: (a) a duct having a duct input opening (12,112) and a duct output opening (13,113); (b) a fan unit disposed in fluid communication with said duct for generating said first airflow from said air intake opening to said first air outlet opening via said duct input opening (12,112) and said duct output opening (13,113); (c) a heater disposed in fluid communication with said duct for heating said first airflow; (d) a control circuit for energising said fan unit and said heater in response to an actuation signal and being configured to energise said air sterilisation unit (31,131) on a substantially permanent basis, even when the fan unit and heater unit are not energised; characterised in that: - the air sterilisation unit (31,131) is located outside of said first airflow generated by the fan unit, - the air intake opening is disposed in a lower portion of the housing unit and the second air outlet opening (17,117) is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit such that, when the hand dryer unit (30,130) is inoperative, said second airflow operating the sterilisation unit (31,131) is generated by convection currents only, and - the apparatus further comprises an air deflector adapted to deflect a proportion of air, prior to the air entering the input opening of the hand dryer unit (30,130), towards the air sterilization unit (31,131) and away from the hand dryer unit (30,130). a housing unit housing a hand dryer unit (30,130) and an air sterilisation unit (31,131), the housing unit having an air intake opening, a first air outlet opening, and a second air outlet opening (17,117) for a first airflow to pass from said air intake opening to said first air outlet opening and through said hand dryer unit (30,130), and for a second airflow to pass from said air intake opening to said second air outlet opening (17,117) and through said air sterilisation unit (31,131); said hand dryer unit comprising: (a) a duct having a duct input opening (12,112) and a duct output opening (13,113); (b) a fan unit disposed in fluid communication with said duct for generating said first airflow from said air intake opening to said first air outlet opening via said duct input opening (12,112) and said duct output opening (13,113); (c) a heater disposed in fluid communication with said duct for heating said first airflow; (d) a control circuit for energising said fan unit and said heater in response to an actuation signal and being configured to energise said air sterilisation unit (31,131) on a substantially permanent basis, even when the fan unit and heater unit are not energised; characterised in that: - the air sterilisation unit (31,131) is located outside of said first airflow generated by the fan unit, - the air intake opening is disposed in a lower portion of the housing unit and the second air outlet opening (17,117) is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit such that, when the hand dryer unit (30,130) is inoperative, said second airflow operating the sterilisation unit (31,131) is generated by convection currents only, and - the apparatus further comprises an air deflector adapted to deflect a proportion of air, prior to the air entering the input opening of the hand dryer unit (30,130), towards the air sterilization unit (31,131) and away from the hand dryer unit (30,130). (a) a duct having a duct input opening (12,112) and a duct output opening (13,113); (b) a fan unit disposed in fluid communication with said duct for generating said first airflow from said air intake opening to said first air outlet opening via said duct input opening (12,112) and said duct output opening (13,113); (c) a heater disposed in fluid communication with said duct for heating said first airflow; (d) a control circuit for energising said fan unit and said heater in response to an actuation signal and being configured to energise said air sterilisation unit (31,131) on a substantially permanent basis, even when the fan unit and heater unit are not energised; - the air sterilisation unit (31,131) is located outside of said first airflow generated by the fan unit, - the air intake opening is disposed in a lower portion of the housing unit and the second air outlet opening (17,117) is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit such that, when the hand dryer unit (30,130) is inoperative, said second airflow operating the sterilisation unit (31,131) is generated by convection currents only, and - the apparatus further comprises an air deflector adapted to deflect a proportion of air, prior to the air entering the input opening of the hand dryer unit (30,130), towards the air sterilization unit (31,131) and away from the hand dryer unit (30,130).