Table 4 Bacterial hand carriage before and after hand washing by types of soap
Types of soap/no. (%) of isolates | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tetmosol (n = 75) | Dettol soap (n = 75) | Statistics | ||
Bacterial isolates present before hand washing | ||||
Staphylococcus aureus | 42(46.1) | 49(53.9) | 91(68.9) | χ2 = 8.6 p = 0.07 |
Escherichia coli | 13(39.3) | 20(60.0) | 33(25.0) | |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 4(80.0) | 1(20.0) | 5(3.7) | |
Proteus vulgaris | 0(0.0) | 3(100) | 3(2.3) | |
Total | 59(44.7) | 73(55.3) | 132(88.0) | |
Bacterial isolates present after hand washing | ||||
Staphylococcus aureus | 17(77.3) | 9(90.0) | 26(81.3) | χ2 = 19.9 p = 0.001 |
Escherichia coli | 5(22.7) | 1(10.0) | 6(18.7) | |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | |
Proteus vulgaris | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | |
Total | 22(68.8) | 10(31.2) | 32 | |