Research Article

Hand Colonization with Gram-Negative Organisms of Healthcare Workers Accessing the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Uganda Heart Institute

Table 1

Frequency and distribution of GNO isolates among categories of HCWs (nā€‰=ā€‰32).

OrganismsFrequency (%)ICU cliniciansNon-ICU cliniciansNonclinicians

Acinetobacter11 (34.4)335
Citrobacter7 (21.9)142
Pseudomonas7 (21.9)070
Klebsiella1 (3.1)100
Serratia1 (3.1)100
Bacillus4 (12.5)211
Enterobacter1 (3.1)001
Total isolates328159