Text

Effectiveness of Piper Betle leaf Infusion As a Palperbral Skin Antiseptic

---

The goal of an antiseptic is to elimenate or greatly reduce the member of microorganisms in the surgical field at the time of the surgery. The objective of this study was to verity the effectiveness of 20% Puper betle leaf infusion as antiseptic solution in pre-sugery cataract patients. Aclinical trial with partner-matcheting design was conducted on 31 pairs of eyelids. From each pair of eyelid was asigned to the Piper betle infusion group and the opposite one to the povidone-iodine group. The microorganisms were collected by swab from the patient’s palebral skin, inoculated on nutrient agar, and icubated at 37⁰C for 20 hours. The antiseptic effectiveness was measured by counting the microbial colonies before and after administration of the antisptic solutions. This study demonstrates that the mean colony counts after application of 20% Piper betle leaf infusion showed a significant reduction of 27-100% compared with thos administration showed (p=0.001). Mean copony counts after 10% compared with the mean counts before the solution was applied (p=000). The 20% Piper betle infusion has a antiseptic potential. Nevertheless, the 10% povidone-iodine solution has more effectve antiseptic capability.

---

Availability

Detail Information

Series Title

-

Call Number

Universal Medicina:28(2):83-91

Publisher

Grogol Jakarta : Trisakti University., 2009

Collation

-

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1907-3062

Classification

-

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

-

Subject(s)

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL
PIPER BETTE

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment