A Study on Hand Contamination and Hand Washing Practices among Medical Students

Table 2

Bacterial load of hands before and after toilet use according to washing practices.

	Hand	log10 mean CFU ± SD		𝑃 value
		Before	After
With soap (𝑛=40)	Right	3.17±0.71	3.41±0.61	0.033
	Left	3.16±0.81	3.32±0.82	0.182
Without soap (𝑛=20)	Right	3.32±0.68	3.83±0.68	0.007
	Left	3.18±1.01	3.81±0.61	0.003