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

Table 7

Carriage of microbial isolates by physiotherapists at UNTH, NOH, and ESUTH before and after hand wash ().

Isolates	UNTH (9 PTs)		NOHE (8 PTs)		ESUTH (2 PTs)
	B	A	B	A	B	A
(i) S. aureus	44.44%	11.11%	37.50%	25.00%	50.00%	50.00%
(ii) Coagulase  +ve Staphylococcus	33.33%	22.22%	12.50%	0.00%	50.00%	50.00%
(iii) E. coli	11.11%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	50.00%
(iv) Bacillus spp.	11.11%	11.11%	0.00%	12.50%	0.00%	0.00%
(v) Pseudomonas spp.	0.00%	11.11%	0.00%	12.50%	0.00%	0.00%

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.