Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Hygienic practices of food handlers (), in relation to finger nail bacterial isolates, working at food service establishments in Debre Markos University (1st January 2015 to 31st June 2016).

Variables	Total	Bacterial culture result from finger nail		Association
		Positive n (%)	Negative n (%)
Finger nail status
Trimmed	131	32 (24.4)	99 (75.6)
Not trimmed	89	33 (37.1)	56 (62.9)
Hand washing after using the toilet
Yes	214	63 (29.4)	151 (70.6)
No	6	2 (33.3)	4 (66.7)
Hand washing after touching body parts
Yes	22	5 (22.7)	17 (77.3)
No	198	60 (30.3)	138 (69.7)