PENGARUH TAYAMUM TERHADAP PENURUNAN ANGKA KUMAN PADA TANGAN

Background: Tayamum is one of the ways used by Muslims to purify. The interaction of soil and skin sweat at the time of tayamum works like talcum / magnesium silicate so that the tayamum process can inhibit the growth of bacteria in the skin. This study aims to find out the effect of purifying with tayamum on the number of bacteria of the hand. Method: This study was an experimental quasi-research with a Pretest-Posttest design. The sample used in this study amounted to 40 samples, with 20 samples were students, and 20 samples were FKIK UMY education personnel with inclusion and exclusion criteria. Primary data in the form of bacteria numbers on the palm of the respondent's hand before and after doing tayamum. Bivariate analysis used the Wilcoxon test. Results: Based on the results of univariate analysis of the two groups of respondents before and after performing tayammum, the results before were 19.6 CFU while after 25.1 CFU with an average difference of 5.4 CFU or 27.27% increase in bacterial numbers. Based on the results of the bivariate analysis, a p value of 0.196 (p>0.05) was obtained, so from this p value Ha was rejected because the value was greater than 0.05. Conclusion: Tayammum does not reduce the number of germs on the hands.