Table 3 Bacterial species isolated from the hands of operating room (OR) nurses and non-health care workers (HCWs). Numbers of persons with specific bacteria after preoperative hand disinfection and after wearing sterile gloves

^*Minutes, mean (SD)

223 (34)

192 (16)

Persons with growth, (%)

10 (83)

6 (46)

11 (92)

13 (100)

S. warneri

4

2

6

11

P. acnes

4

1

5

3

Bacillus sp.

5

1

4

4

S. epidermidis

–

2

5

4

S. capitis

3

1

3

–

S. pasteuri

–

2

–

4

Micrococcus sp.

3

–

3

–

S. haemolyticus

1

–

1

1

Alpha-haemolytic streptococci

1

–

2

1

Brevibacteriaceae

–

1

–

1

S. lugdunensis

–

1

–

1

Gemella haemolysans

–

–

1

–

Gram-positive cocci, non-typeable

–

–

–

1

Enterobacteriaceae

–

1

–

–