Abstract :
Hand washing is a simple activity to eliminate the municipality and
minimize the amount of germs in the hands and palms. Hand washing can use
antiseptic, namely hand sanitizer gel due to rapid absorption, soft taste, not sticky,
odor does not puncture. One of the harmful bacteria in the hand is Pseudomonas
aeruginosa because it is a multiresistent bacteria that is harmful to the body. The
purpose of this study is to find out the effectiveness of antibacterial taste of some
brands of hand sanitizer gel against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
This research uses descriptive design. The research was conducted at the
National STIKES Bacteriology Laboratory and the research time was conducted in
January-May 2021. The sample of this study is various brands of hand sanitizer gel
with brands A, B, C, D, and E. Negative control used is blank disk. Test the
effectiveness of bacterial tasteless power using diffusion discs. The sampling
technique used is total sampling.
The results showed various brands of hand sanitizer gel from 5 brands
obtained results for brands A, B, and E formed a bland zone (radical zone) with an
average of 6,81 mm, 7,6 mm, 7,6 mm, while for brands C and D are not able to
form a bland zone (radical zone) with an average of 6,00, the average is taken from
the diameter of blank disk. Negative control is not able to form a bland zone with
an average of 6,00.
Some brands of hand sanitizer gel can inhibit the growth of Pseudomonas
aeruginosa brand A, B, and E while brands that can not form a tasteless zone
namely brand C and D. Five brands of hand sanitizer gel, namely brands A, B, C,
D and E have a bland zone average of 6,67 mm.