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

Table 3

Comparison of results of Hand Print 0-After HH and Hand Print-6 weeks-After HH.

CFU according to microorganisms	Hand Print 0-After HH	Hand Print-6 weeks-After HH	value
Median number of CFU/dominant hand/HCW (min–max) for all bacteria	2 (1–51)	5 (1–110)	0.07
Total number of CFU/dominant hands of the 40 HCWs	134	346	0.608
Transient bacteria/HCWs; median number of CFU/dominant hand/HCWs (%)
Staphylococcus aureus; (%)	88 (65.7)	155 (35)	<0.0001
Gram negative non-lactose fermenters; (%)	22 (16)	75 (17)	0.13622
Gram negative lactose fermenters; (%)	7 (5)	0	<0.0001
Pseudomonas; (%)	3 (2.24)	0	0.0251
Resident bacteria/HCWs; median number of CFU/dominant hand/HCWs (%)
Staph. CoNS; (%)	12 ( 9 )	197 (45)	<0.0001
Anthracoids; (%)	2 (1.5)	9 (2)	<0.0001