UNS – The scarcity of hand sanitizer product in the market motivate the Undergraduate Study Program in Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science (FMIPA) and the Diploma Program in Pharmacy, School of Vocation (SV), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta, to develop a hand sanitizer product, thus it can be used by the community. Moreover, because currently Solo is stated as KLB (Kejadian Luar Biasa-Extraordinary Event) Coronavirus, the community needs to implement a healthy lifestyle, and one of them is by using hand sanitizer.
Through the Research Group in both study programs namely Active Pharmaceutical Discovery and Development (APDD) from the Undergraduate in Pharmacy and Diploma in Pharmacy, they have successfully developed a hand sanitizer product at an affordable price. Both research groups aim to produce a health care product that can be utilized by the community.
Through PNBP funding in 2020, the research groups planned to conduct development for the product that has been exhibited at product exhibition events on March 12th to 13th, 2020, on Danau UNS. During the exhibition, with only 10 thousand Rupiah in capital to produce the hand sanitizer, they had successfully attracted the visitors’ attention. In no more than 1 hour, approximately 300 bottles of hand sanitizer have successfully transferred to the visitor’s hand. UNS Pharmacy Study Program was even challenged to provide 3,000 bottles of hand sanitizer for all UNS academic members.
“Many orders for hand sanitizers have been sent to UNS Pharmacy Study Program for personal use,” said Lecturer of Pharmacy Diploma Program SV UNS, Heru Sasongko, S.Farm., M.Sc., Apt.
Heru added that, although self-made, the quality of the hand sanitizer is not inferior to those on the market. “Our hand sanitizer has the same function as an antiseptic. Hopefully, our decision to produce hand sanitizer during this shortfall can help the community to minimize the effect of coronavirus outbreak,” he concluded. Humas UNS/Dwi