Judul: Tingkat Sanitasi Tangan Food Handler di Warung Makanan Sekitar Kampus Institut Pertanian Bogor Dramaga
Abstrak: This research was conducted in order to describe the sanitary condition of food kiosks around IPB Dramaga through amount of Staphylococcus aureus on food handler’s hands. Total of 42 food kiosks around IPB Dramaga were selected randomly as the respondents. The research was conducted with cross sectional study. Data was collected by interviewing the respondents using the questionnaires and examining total of Staphylococcus aureus from hands using replicate organism direct agar contact (RODAC). Data was analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the majority of respondents were adult and elder (73.8%), had low educational level (57.1%) and selling experience under 10 years (69.1%), never attended the training about food safety (71.4%), and never found out the health department supervision (71.4%). Based on RODAC analysis showed that 59.5% of food handler’s were contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus belong to high contamination. Thus it was concluded that the sanitation of food kiosks and personal hygiene were still low.
Keyword: Staphylococcus aureus, food handler

Judul: Kondisi sanitasi tangan food handler pada warung makanan di dalam Kampus Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) Dramaga Bogor
Abstrak: This study was aimed to know condition of hands sanitation of food handler and to identify risk factors. Total of 35 food kiosks was involved in this study which was selected randomly. One of food handlers in each kiosks was randomly selected to be a respondent. The data were collected using questionnaires and counting of microorganism number using RODAC method. The result showed that most of food handlers were in the age of young and adults (82.9%), more than half of respondents had attended school until senior high school (65.7%), new trade experience (51.4%), attended trainings (57.1%), and been subjected to inspections (57.1%). Generally, the food handlers had good knowledge, moderate attitude, and good practices. There was a significant correlation (p<0.05) among knowledge, attitude, and practices, and the correlation between knowledge and practices was the highest (r=0.752). Only few of food handlers (14.3%) were categorized in acceptable criteria of total plate counts of hand surfaces. It indicated that the personal hygiene practices in the kiosks was still low. Since the food kiosks inside of campus are very important for the consumers health, the campus authority should take into account of improvement of food hygiene practices in the food kiosks.
Keyword: attitude, food handler, food kioks, knowledge, practices.

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii