Hand Hygiene Practices and Microbial Investigation of Hand Contact Swab among Physiotherapists in an Ebola Endemic Region: Implications for Public Health

Table 5

Distribution of microbes isolated from physiotherapists at three tertiary hospitals ().

Isolates	UNTH (9 PTs)		NOHE (8 PTs)		ESUTH (2 PTs)		Total (19 PTs)
	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
S. aureus	4 (80.0)	1 (20.0)	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	8 (100.0)	4 (50.0)
Coagulase +ve Staphylococcus	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	5 (100.0)	3 (60.0)
E. coli	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	NSBG	NSBG	NSBG	NSBG	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Bacillus spp.	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (100.0)	NSBG	NSBG	1 (100.0)	2 (200.0)
Pseudomonas spp.	0 (0.0)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (100.0)	NSBG	NSBG	0(0.0)	2

S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus; coagulase +ve: coagulase-positive; E. coli: Escherichia coli; spp.: species; PT: physiotherapist; B: before treatment; A: after treatment; %: frequency of occurrence; NSBG: no significant bacterial growth; NOHE: National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu; UNTH: University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital; ESUTH: Enugu State University Teaching Hospital.