[net.med] Viricide tissues

speaker@ttidcb.UUCP (Kenneth Speaker) (12/03/85)

A recent discussion concerned the use of viricide impregnated tissues to
slow the spread of rhinoviri.  The postings indicated that the tissues
contained ascorbic acid.  I today ran across an article which discussed
the original experiment using iodine impregnated tissues, and then discussed
the current clinical trial using tissues impregnated with a combination
of citric and malic acids, NOT ascorbic acid.

FYI.

It also mentioned that rhinoviri were cultured from 30% of the hands or noses
in the control group, but only 5% in the group using the tissues.

--Kne