Abstract

Hand sanitizer is the main ingredient during the Covid-19 pandemic to prevent transmission to humans. There are many hand sanitizers circulating with various brands without any description of their chemical composition. The main ingredient of hand sanitizer is ethanol. The ability of hand sanitizers depends on the ethanol content. Ethanol has the property of killing the Covid-19 virus. The purpose of this study was to determine the ethanol content in 5 samples of hand sanitizer preparations using gas chromatography with a valid test method. The instrument used is gas chromatography. The ethanol content of the five hand sanitizer preparations was 74.80; 76.78; 51.74; 79.53; and 56.09%. Hand sanitizers circulating with sample codes A, B, and D meet the World Health Organization standards, which are 60-95%. The results of the test method validation indicate that the test method used for ethanol analysis on hand sanitizer samples by gas chromatography is a valid and feasible method to use.

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