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*