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Table 1 Comparison of baseline participant characteristics between operating room (OR) nurses and non-health care workers (HCWs)

From: Exploring bacterial growth and recolonization after preoperative hand disinfection and surgery between operating room nurses and non-health care workers: a pilot study

Characteristic

OR nurses

n = 12

Non-HCWs

n = 13

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

46 (8)

39 (13)

0.094

Men/women, numbers

1/11

1/12

1.0

Minutes wearing gloves, mean (SD)

223 (34)

192 (16)

0.007*

  1. Student’s t-test and Fisher’s exact test were used as statistical method
  2. *Statistically significant difference