Contaminants according to observed gloving practices | ||||
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No gloves | Non sterile gloves | Sterile gloves | All | |
N HCWs | 49 | 23 | 188 | 260 |
N HCWs with contaminated fingertips | 33 | 12 | 27 | 72 |
N HCWs (%) with fingertips contaminated by | ||||
Resident flora | 16 (33) | 6 (26) | 16 (8) | 38 (15) |
Transient flora | 22 (45) | 10 (43) | 13 (7) | 45 (17) |
N microorganisms (%) belonging to | 44 | 19 | 34 | 97 |
Resident flora | 23 | 11 | 15 | 49 |
Transient Flora of | 21 | 8 | 19 | 48 |
- Human origin | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
- Environmental origin | 18 | 5 | 15 | 38 |