Influence of Handprint Culture Training on Compliance of Healthcare Workers with Hand Hygiene

Table 1

Microbial growth over the dominant and nondominant hand of the healthcare workers before applying hand hygiene (Hand Print 0-Before HH).

CFU per type of Bacteria	Dominant hand; Hand Print 0-Before HH	Nondominant hand; Hand Print 0-Before HH	value
Total CFU per HCW hand
Median (min–max)	36 (0–185)	32 (0–117)	0.3
Transient bacteria
CFU per HCW hand
Median (min–max)	22 (2–180)	25 (1–115)	0.5
Resident bacteria
CFU per HCW hand
Median (min–max)	13 (2–50)	5 (1–40)	0.3

CFU= colony forming unit; HH = hand hygiene, HCW = healthcare worker.