| Microrganisms |
Phones N = 200 (%) |
Hands N = 200 (%) |
| Positive Cultures |
156 (78) |
172 (86) |
| S. aureus |
100 (64,1) |
116 (67,4) |
| Faecal enterococci |
24 (15,3) |
24 (13,9) |
| Pseudomonas spp. |
0 |
4 (2,3) |
| Enterobacteria |
4 (2,5) |
0 |
| CONS (normal bacterial flora) |
52 (33,3) |
56 (32,5) |
| CONS, coaugulase-negative-staphylococci |
|