Comparison of Chloroxylenol 4.8% and Povidone Iodine 7.5% on Total Bacteria Count Post WHO Routine Hand Washing on Clinical Students at the Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Sumatera Utara March-May 2018

Abstract

Objective: To compare Chloroxylenol 4.8% and Povidone Iodine 7.5% on total bacterial count post WHO routine hand washing on clinical students at the department of oral surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Sumatera Utara Material and Methods: This was an experimental study with posttest only control group design approach. Purposive technique is applied to collect samples which are clinical students. In this study, sample were divided into 3 groups and each consisting of 10 people. Aquadest was used as control group while Chloroxylenol 4.8% and Povidone Iodine 7.5% was used as the treatment group. Each member performed routine handwashing using WHO method for 1 minute long. Results: The results were statistically analyzed using Kruskal Wallis and Mann-Whitney Test. The comparison between Chloroxylenol and Povidone Iodine showed no significant difference to the total bacteria count after handwashing (p>0.05) but the Chloroxylenol group showed a greater mean reduction. Conclusion: Chloroxylenol and Povidone Iodine are capable reducing the number of bacteria in hands, therefore it can be a good antiseptic choice for hand washing.

Sensitivity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus and V. harveyi Against Chloroxylenol (4-Chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol , C8H9ClO) Antiseptic and Pine Oil Disinfectant

“…(Saha et al, 2009), Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp, Bacillus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Hassan & El Bagoury, 2018 ;Al-Talib et al, 2019), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella species (Al-Talib et al, 2019). Moreover, this antiseptic is able to decrease the total bacterial count for hand sanitizer (Riza et al, 2019).…”