Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic
The goal of an antiseptic is to eliminate or greatly reduce the number of microorganisms in the surgical field at the time of the surgery. The objective of this study was to verify the effectiveness of 20% Piper betle leaf infusion as an antiseptic solution in pre-surgery cataract patients. A clinic...
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| description | The goal of an antiseptic is to eliminate or greatly reduce the number of microorganisms in the surgical field at the time of the surgery. The objective of this study was to verify the effectiveness of 20% Piper betle leaf infusion as an antiseptic solution in pre-surgery cataract patients. A clinical trial with partner-matching design was conducted on 31 pairs of eyelids. From each pair of eyelids, one 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 palpebral skin, inoculated on nutrient agar, and incubated at 37oC for 20 hours. The antiseptic effectiveness was measured by counting the microbial colonies before and after administration of the antiseptic 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 those before administration (p=0.001). Mean colony counts after 10% povidone-iodine administration showed a significant reduction of 88-100% compared with the mean counts before the solution was applied (p=0.000). The 20% Piper betle infusion has an antiseptic potential. Nevertheless, the 10% povidone-iodine solution has more effective antiseptic capability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e23bba19a5e44a0a03ea071d9871acd2022-12-21T23:01:01ZengFaculty of Medicine Trisakti UniversityUniversa Medicina1907-30622009-08-012828391Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antisepticHusnun Amalia0Ratna Sitompul1Johan Hutauruk2Andrianjah3Abdul Mun’im4Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Trisakti UniversityDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of IndonesiaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of IndonesiaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of IndonesiaDepartment of Matemathics and Natural Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of IndonesiaThe goal of an antiseptic is to eliminate or greatly reduce the number of microorganisms in the surgical field at the time of the surgery. The objective of this study was to verify the effectiveness of 20% Piper betle leaf infusion as an antiseptic solution in pre-surgery cataract patients. A clinical trial with partner-matching design was conducted on 31 pairs of eyelids. From each pair of eyelids, one 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 palpebral skin, inoculated on nutrient agar, and incubated at 37oC for 20 hours. The antiseptic effectiveness was measured by counting the microbial colonies before and after administration of the antiseptic 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 those before administration (p=0.001). Mean colony counts after 10% povidone-iodine administration showed a significant reduction of 88-100% compared with the mean counts before the solution was applied (p=0.000). The 20% Piper betle infusion has an antiseptic potential. Nevertheless, the 10% povidone-iodine solution has more effective antiseptic capability.http://www.univmed.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/husnun1.pdfAntisepticpalpebral skinPiper betle leaf infusionpovidone-iodine |
| spellingShingle | Husnun Amalia Ratna Sitompul Johan Hutauruk Andrianjah Abdul Mun’im Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic Universa Medicina Antiseptic palpebral skin Piper betle leaf infusion povidone-iodine |
| title | Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic |
| title_full | Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic |
| title_short | Effectiveness of Piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic |
| title_sort | effectiveness of piper betle leaf infusion as a palpebral skin antiseptic |
| topic | Antiseptic palpebral skin Piper betle leaf infusion povidone-iodine |
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