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Indonesia's University Lecturer Shares Tutorial of DIY Hand Sanitizer

Indonesia's University Lecturer Shares Tutorial of DIY Hand Sanitizer
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The public has made various responses to the outbreak of the coronavirus. In Indonesia, after President Joko Widodo announced the first case of the coronavirus from two residents of Depok, instantly, mask and hand sanitizer became scarce in the market.

Furthermore, the scarcity of these two items makes the price on the market soar. It makes people reluctant to buy. Nevertheless, people no longer need to fret because the hand sanitizer can be made at home.

It was demonstrated by Head of Pharmaceutics Department Faculty of Pharmacy UNAIR Dr. Retno Sari M.Sc., Apt. In her office on Wednesday, March 4, Retno Sari explained that to make hand sanitizers, materials such as alcohol, glycerol as anti-bacterial and moisturizer preventing hands from drying out, and aquadest are needed.

“The composition, alcohol is around 70 per cent, glycerol 15 per cent and the rest is aquadest,” she said.

If we calculate the amount of each, she added, we need 73 milliliters of alcohol, 15 milliliters of glycerol, and 12 milliliters of aquadest. The composition, she continued, will produce 100 milliliters of hand sanitizer.

Regarding how to make it, Retno Sari explained firstly because glycerol is a little thick, it must be diluted first with distilled water. After it turns little gooey, new alcohol is added little by little while stirring gently until all the ingredients come together.

Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics Faculty of Pharmacy UNAIR Dr. Retno Sari, MSc., Apt. tries a hand sanitizer she made himself. Image: Unair News
Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics Faculty of Pharmacy UNAIR Dr. Retno Sari, MSc., Apt. tries a hand sanitizer she made himself. Image: Unair News

Furthermore, Retno Sari also explained that the results of the mixture can already be used for hand sanitizers. She also said that it can be put in a spray container so it can be carried around easily.

“So just spray it on,” she said. In the end, Retno Sari also mentioned that these materials could be difficult to find in the market as the community has rushed to buy alcohol. However, Retno Sari offered alternative materials that can be used for hand sanitizer, Piper betle Linn leaf extract.

“If you want it easier and more natural, people can use betel leaves for anti-bacterial or hand sanitizer,” he said.

For this reason, Retno Sari also explained how to make hand sanitizers from betel leaves. According to him, betel leaf is roughly chopped and put into a container. Then, take the pan filled with water to bring to a boil. Next, place the container containing the betel leaf on top of the educating water and heat for up to 30 minutes until the betel leaf extract comes out.

“The existing extract does not have to be used all. Take as needed, for example only 10 milliliters and then diluted with water. This solution can already be used as a hand sanitizer and just spray it, ” she concluded.


Source : Unair News

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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