The results show that the detergent is the most effective disinfectant out of ethanol, anticeptic, detergent and antibacterial. The hypothesis states “that if ethanol is used as a disinfectant on bacteria, it will be the most effective whereas an antibacterial will be the least effective” which is not supported by the results for the most effective disinfectant. It was hypothesised that antibacterial would be the least effective which is supported in the average results.
What was found interesting in the data is the difference of area for disinfectants in each of the tests, which may be due to the bacteria spread or an error that had occurred. It is logical for detergent to be such an adequate and powerful disinfectant as it is used for cleaning tableware (bowls, plates, knives, forks, cups etc.) and is important for it to have strength so it can remove all leftover food and bacteria from the dishes. If it did not do this, bacteria would grow and build up as when in the cupboards it is a warm and sometimes moist …show more content…
and are really important. What made the results so surprising was the fact that they showed to smallest area of bacteria free space around the disc (by average). This may be because the use of disinfectants that are antibacterial are used often such as, washing your hands before eating and after sneezing or coughing, using the bathroom, petting an animal etc. It is suggested to brush your teeth a minimum of twice a day. When you brush your teeth, you help remove food and plaque — a sticky white film that forms on your teeth and contains bacteria (Salinas, D.D.S., 2016). This gives a space of about 12 hours (roughly) between teeth brushing which has a less amount of time for the bacteria to grow before being removed. If this investigation was done with the growth time of 12 hours instead of 24 hours it could be hypothesised that there would be a larger area
What was found interesting in the data is the difference of area for disinfectants in each of the tests, which may be due to the bacteria spread or an error that had occurred. It is logical for detergent to be such an adequate and powerful disinfectant as it is used for cleaning tableware (bowls, plates, knives, forks, cups etc.) and is important for it to have strength so it can remove all leftover food and bacteria from the dishes. If it did not do this, bacteria would grow and build up as when in the cupboards it is a warm and sometimes moist …show more content…
and are really important. What made the results so surprising was the fact that they showed to smallest area of bacteria free space around the disc (by average). This may be because the use of disinfectants that are antibacterial are used often such as, washing your hands before eating and after sneezing or coughing, using the bathroom, petting an animal etc. It is suggested to brush your teeth a minimum of twice a day. When you brush your teeth, you help remove food and plaque — a sticky white film that forms on your teeth and contains bacteria (Salinas, D.D.S., 2016). This gives a space of about 12 hours (roughly) between teeth brushing which has a less amount of time for the bacteria to grow before being removed. If this investigation was done with the growth time of 12 hours instead of 24 hours it could be hypothesised that there would be a larger area