[Table/Fig-1]:

Segregation of organisms isolated from the hands of HCWs by glove juice method.

Organism	Consultants (n=20)	Residents (n=10)	Internee (n=3)	Staff Nurse (n=102)	Support Staff (n=22)	Total (157)
Bacillus subtilis	2(10%)	1(10%)	0	9(8.8%)	0	12
Micrococci spp	4(20%)	5(50%)	1(33.3%)	33(32.3%)	6(27.3%)	49
MSSA	1(5%)	0	0	5(4.9%)	0	6
MRSA	1(5%)	0	0	1(0.9%)	0	2
Pseudomonas spp	0	0	0	4(3.9%)	0	4
Acenitobacter spp	0	0	0	1(0.9%)	0	1
Total Growth	8(40%)	6(60%)	1(33.3%)	46*(45.1%)	6(27.3%)	67(42.7%)
Total No Growth	12(60%)	4(40%)	2(66.7%)	52 (54.9%)	16(72.7%)	97(57.3%)

* 7 samples showed growth of 2 organisms