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This study aimed to determine the hand antiseptic products effectivity against the growth of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The sample used were hand antiseptic products purchased from several minimarkets, markets, and obtained from several institutions in West Sulawesi by using purposive sampling technique. Samples were evaluated using the well diffusion method with three replications. Since the study data did not meet the ANOVA test requirements, the Kruskal-Wallis analysis test was used to analyse the data, then was continued with the Mann Whitney test. The results showed the sig. value of 0.00 < 0.05 which means, there was a significant difference between hand antiseptics in inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The results showed that only 2 out of 10 hand antiseptic products with codes N8 and N10 were effective in inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. This can be seen from the formation of a clear zone around the hand antiseptic.
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