Table 3.

Skin contaminants and their prevalence

Micro-organism	Prevalence (Number of donations)
Pathogens (see Table 1)	20
Candida albicans	5
Escherichia coli	3
Klebsiella pneumoniae	3
Staphylococcus aureus	2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	2
Enterococcus faecalis	2
Clostridium perfringens	1
Enterobacter cloacae	1
Enterococcus faecium	1
Non pathogens	28
Staphylococcus epidermidis	17
Staphylococcus capitis	5
Staphylococcus warneri	2
Corynebacterium minutissimum	1
Propionibacterium acnes	1
Staphylococcus coagulase negative	1
Staphylococcus simulans	1