Table 1.

Organisms found after self-contamination of hands, and handwashing with either soap, water only, or no handwashing.

Faecal Bacteria	No Handwashing	Water only	Soap and water
Enterococcus spp.	46 (29%)	24 (15%)	4 (3%)
Enterobacter amnigenus	14 (9%)	4 (3%)	4 (3%)
Enterobacter cloacae	13 (8%)	5 (3%)	2 (1%)
Shigella spp.	2 (1%)	1 (1%)	0 (0%)
Klebsiella spp.	5 (3%)	2 (1%)	1 (1%)
E. coli spp.	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (1%)
Pantoea spp.	0 (0%)	2 (1%)	1 (1%)
Multiple isolations	10 (6%)	2 (1%)	0 (0%)
Any bacteria	70 (44%)	36 (23%)	13 (8%)
Total	160 (100%)	160 (100%)	160 (100%)