TABLE 1.

Recovery of rhinovirus from hands of volunteers after various hand treatments

Treatment group	No. of hands positive/no. tested
No-treatment control	16/16
Water alone	14/16
Water + soapa	11/16
1.5 ml 65% ethanol	2/15
1.5 ml 65% ethanol × 2	3/16
1.5 ml 83% ethanol	3/16

^aAll ethanol-treated groups were significantly different from the group treated with water plus soap (P = 0.01).