Microbial Content of “Bowl Water” Used for Communal Handwashing in Preschools within Accra Metropolis, Ghana

Table 3

Bacteria colony count of water samples (cfu/mL) and hand-swab samples (cfu/g).

Bacterial isolates	Water sources			Swabs
	Main	Soapy	Rinse	Hand before washing	Hand after washing
Staphylococcus spp.
Salmonella spp.
E. coli
Citrobacter spp.
K. pneumonia
K. oxytoca
Klebsiella spp.
P. mirabilis