PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide antibacterial agents that have low skin irritation and exert high antibacterial effect, not only for a few hours immediately after attaching to a user's hand or finger, but also even after for longer time, for viscous antibacterial agents containing ethanol.SOLUTION: Provided is a viscous antibacterial agent containing a silver carrier, ethanol, and a thickening compound, characterized by having a viscosity at 25°C of 0.05 to 100 Pa s, the viscous antibacterial agent containing 0.01 to 2.0% by weight of the silver carrier, 30 to 75% by weight of the ethanol, and 0.15 to 2.0% by weight of the thickening compound.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT【課題】エタノールを含有する粘稠な抗菌剤について、使用者の手や指などに付着させた直後から数時間だけでなく、さらに長い時間が経過しても皮膚刺激性が低く高い抗菌効果を奏する抗菌剤の提供。【解決手段】銀担持体と、エタノールと、増粘化合物と、を含有する粘稠抗菌剤であって、２５℃における粘度が０．０５～１００Ｐａ・ｓであることを特徴とする粘稠抗菌剤や、前記銀担持体が０．０１～２．０重量％、前記エタノールが３０～７５重量％、前記増粘化合物が０．１５～２．０重量％含有されている前記粘稠抗菌剤。【選択図】図１
