Organism type Source   Nose (n=28) Hands (n=20) Staphylococcus aureus (%) 17 (60.7%) 13 (72.2%) Staphylococcus epidermidis (%) 11 (39.3%) 5 (27.8%) E. coli 0 (0%) 1 (5%) Proteus mirabilis 0 (0%) 1 (5%)

Table 2b: General sources of organism and organism type at different sources for both doctors and nurses.