FK UII National Champion at EMC 2021 PTBMMKI

YOGYAKARTA (fk.uii.ac.id) - Faculty of Medicine students Universitas Islam Indonesia (FK UII) again continued the Unending Tradition of Achievement by winning 2nd place in the National Public Poster Emergency Medical Competition 2021 Association of Indonesian Medical Student Medical Assistance Team (PTBMMKI) Region 1. In the final round which took place online on August 22 2021, the FK UII delegation consisting of Anisa Sugiyanti, Amany Taqiyyah Wardhani, and Anindya Amanda Damayanti had to compete with other finalists from the Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Hangtuah University, Sriwijaya University, and Palembang Muhammadiyah University.

On this occasion the FK UII delegation presented a work entitled: “Beware of Hand Sanitizer Poison, Let's Start CAKAP!”. The word "CAKAP" here is an acronym for steps to prevent poisoning hand sanitizers. This topic was deliberately chosen by the FK UII delegation because it is rarely discussed in public, even though the number of cases is increasing in Indonesia, especially during a pandemic like today.

Symptoms that can arise due to poisoning hand sanitizers so varied, ranging from skin irritation to loss of consciousness that can reach a very alarming stage. Based on research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020, as many as 300 children are treated and 2 people die every day due to poisoning. hand sanitizers. Therefore, knowledge regarding this matter needs to be educated to the public so that they have good awareness and knowledge when buying hand sanitizers, at least by first examining the composition label whether there are hazardous substances such as methanol or not. (etc)