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REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY - Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap System

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It’s great that as parents we teach our children to wash their hands. It promotes good hygiene and health. After all hand washing is the number one way to help prevent getting sick and spreading germs. But think about it. When you use a soap dispenser like many of us do, you leave the dirt and germs on that dispenser. Then after washing your hands you go on your way, leaving the germs for the next person to potentially pick up.

These are the steps recommended by the CDC to wash your hands.

Wet hands with clean running water and apply soap. Use warm water if it is available
Rub hands together to make lather and scrub all surfaces, including underneath the nails and back of the hands
Continue rubbing hands for 20 seconds, long enough to sing the “Happy Birthday” song twice
Rinse hands well under running water
Dry hands using a paper towel or air dryer. If possible, use a paper towel to turn off the faucet

Lysol recently introduced a soap dispenser that you don’t have to touch to use - the No-Touch Hand Soap System. This system senses when hands are underneath and then dispenses enough moisturizing, antibacterial soap to wash your hands and kill 99.9% of bacteria and germs, including E.coli, MRSA and Strep.

I received a sample of the Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap system. My sample was the Soothing Cucumber scent and it smells really good - light and clean. I put the dispenser in the bathroom. Then I realized it would be great in the kitchen to use during food prep. I decided that I had to get a second one, it was just easier than playing musical soap dispenser. Anyway. The dispenser is super easy to use. Here’s a brief video to show you.

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LYSOL Healthy Touch No-Touch Hand Soap System Starter Kits are now available in Soothing Cucumber Splash scent and Cleansing Green Tea & Ginger™ scent at Walmart for a suggested retail price of $9.97 (includes 1-dispenser, 1-8.5 oz. hand soap refill and 4 AA batteries). Hand soap refills (8.5 oz.) are available in three fresh scents, Soothing Cucumber Splash scent, Cleansing Green Tea & Ginger™ scent and Refreshing Grapefruit Essence™ scent at Walmart for a suggested retail price of $3.47. Starter kits and hand soap refills will also be available at grocery, drug and mass stores nationwide.

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Jun 06, 2010 | 102 comments | View Post

Pledge To Fight Germs, Get A Wet Ones Coupon And Help Kids In Need

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This flu season, the Wet Ones® brand is asking you to visit www.WetOnes.com to pledge to help stop the spread of germs in your community. Using Wet Ones® Antibacterial Wipes are proven to clean hands and kill 99.99% of germs.

Starting today, the first 100,000 pledges at www.WetOnes.com will generate a donation of one Wet Ones® Antibacterial Wipes travel pack to the Kids In Need Foundation, a national organization that provides school supplies to children in thousands of schools across the country.

Upon signing the pledge, you will also receive a downloadable coupon redeemable for $1.50 off a Wet Ones® product purchase, along with valuable information on how to help keep your family healthy this season, including a simple and effective Flu Prevention Plan developed by renowned pediatrician Dr. William Sears, M.D.

Nov 19, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

Kleenex Battle The Bug Campaign With Giveaway

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Back in August I blogged about our family trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. We had fun seeing all of the animals. We even saw a big blue bug - the Kleenex Battle The Bug car.

The Kleenex “Battle The Bug” program was established to bring attention to the importance of cleanliness and reducing germs to help prevent the spread of germs, sickness and the flu. Kleenex introduced Anti-Viral Tissues as one way to actively “battle the bug”. With more than one billion colds and 25–50 million flu cases reported in the US every year you can surely see how important it is that we do whatever we can to educate our families and to try to help prevent the spread of germs within them. Colds and flu do more than affect our family’s health. With parents missing an estimated 125 million workdays to stay home with a sick child they also affect our budgets.

Have you seen this video? It’s funny but makes you think.

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These Kleenex tissues have a blue dotted middle layer containing active ingredients that kill 99.9% of cold and flu viruses. Kleenex Anti-Viral Tissues are available nationwide at leading grocery, drug, club and mass merchandising stores.

If you visit the Kleenex Battle The Bug site you’ll find lots of helpful information on how to fight germs. You’ll even find some games for the kids to play, to help involve them and make them aware of the importance of fighting the spread of germs.

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One winner will receive a $50 Visa Gift Card and Kleenex Anti-Viral product.

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To enter visit the Battle The Bug site and then return here and leave a comment on this post containing one thing that you learned on the site AND how many cold and flu cases have already been reported this year (use the counter on the right side of the Battle The Bug page).

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Oct 11, 2009 | 241 comments | View Post

Lysol Tips For A Healthy School Year With Giveaway

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Today is the first day of fall. I noticed a sign on the doors where I work that flu shots were being offered. Yes folks, it’s that time again. Cold and flu season. I work in the medical field and I worry that I’m going to catch something and unknowingly bring it home to the boys. CJ is susceptible to everything, especially respiratory problems, so I worry. Obviously as a parent I want to do what I can, which is why products like Lysol are invaluable.

US health administration is predicting a very serious cold and flu season, so there’s no better time to make sure we’re doing everything we can to fight the germs. Lysol teamed up with Dr. Laura Jana, a pediatrician, mother of three school aged-children and owner of an educational daycare center to offer a back to school checklist to help families have a healthy and happy school year. One big step to minimizing exposure is stressing the importance of good personal hygiene habits to our children. Another step is to actively fight germs using products such as Lysol Disinfectant Spray and Disinfecting Wipes.

From the website - LYSOL® Disinfectant Spray is an EPA registered disinfectant that kills more than 99.9% of illness causing bacteria and viruses on environmental surfaces in your home.* Unlike other sanitizing products which only kill bacteria, LYSOL® Disinfectant Spray even kills nasty viruses that can cause illnesses such as the flu, the common cold, and infectious diarrhea among young children. It even works to control the growth of mold and mildew, among the most common type of allergens, on surfaces you seldom think of like plastic shower curtains. Mold spores are among the most common types of allergens in your home all year long. So killing mold and mildew can help to reduce your exposure.

LYSOL® Disinfectant Spray can be used to eliminate the following bacteria, fungi and viruses on hard non-porous surfaces:

Viruses:

• Influenza

• Rhinovirus (the leading cause of the common cold)

• Rotavirus (the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in children)

• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) (the leading cause of lower

respiratory infection in children)

Bacteria:

• Staph MRSA and Strep • E.Coli • Salmonella • Campylobacter

Fungi:

• Athlete’s Foot Fungus • Mold • Mildew

LYSOL® Disinfectant Spray is available in a variety of scents including Crisp Linen, Spring Waterfall, Early Morning Breeze, Garden Mist, Summer Breeze, Country Scent and Original. Suggested retail price is $4.69 for a 12.5-ounce aerosol can and $5.79 for a 19.0-ounce aerosol can.

From the website - LYSOL® Disinfecting Wipes 4in1 with Micro-LockTM are the convenient way to clean and disinfect your household surfaces. Each pre-moistened disposable wipe kills 99.9% of germs - even the bacteria that cause odors - where you use it. No bottles, no sponges, no mess. Effective disinfecting has never been faster or easier. Help prevent the spread of germs in your home.

LYSOL® Disinfecting Wipes 4in1 kill 99.9%* of the following bacteria and viruses:

Bacteria:

• Staph

• Salmonella

• E.Coli

Viruses:

• Influenza A

LYSOL® DisinfectingWipes are available in Citrus Scent and Spring Waterfall scents. Suggested retail price is $2.99 for a 35-wipe canister, $5.34 for an 80-wipe canister and $6.79 for a 110-wipe canister.

I remember my Mom using Lysol Disinfectant Spray way back when and I’ve used it since I had TJ. Currently I like the Spring Breeze scent the best. It can be used on almost any surface. Potential problem areas that should be treated include doorknobs, telephones, counter tops, garbage cans, diaper pails, faucets, furniture, mattresses, pillows, upholstery and backpacks. More recently we’ve both started using the Lysol Disinfecting Wipes in other areas around the house. I like the Spring Waterfall scent.

These Lysol products are sold in the household cleaning aisle of food, drug, mass and convenience stores nationwide. For more information on both of these products, visit www.lysol.com.

Here’s a few more resource sites for fighting germs.

For some more ideas on healthy hygiene habits visit www.oopskids.com, a branch of an existing campaign from the CDC - Ounce of Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ounceofprevention/.

The GermInformationCenter (www.lysol.com/germ-information-center/) provides useful information to help families fully understand the threat posed by germs.

Resources & Downloads (www.lysol.com/germ-information-center/resources/) has a variety of downloads including the “Looking After You” series of booklets, which provide practical information and tips for keeping you and your children healthy from pregnancy through childhood.

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TWO winners will each receive a 12.5 oz Lysol Disinfectant Spray and two 40 ct. canisters of Lysol Disinfecting Wipes – one for home and one to send to the classroom!

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Leave an additional comment for each entry you qualify for. You must have completed the first entry according to the instructions to be eligible for any bonus entries.

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Sep 22, 2009 | 94 comments | View Post

Clorox College Survival Guide For 2009

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I watched my neighbor pack up her oldest and send him off to college not long ago. I remember as a young student in college the uncertainty over everything. What about laundry? What about meals? Mom put me on a meal plan and laundry would be done at home on the weekends. I arrived at school on freshmen move in day only to develop a whole new list of worries. How should I decorate my room without looking childish to others? What would be the best way to organize my room? Did I have everything I needed in my room? What if I got sick? How would I ever manage with only a pay phone in the hall to use? My Mom assured me everything would be ok and that she was only a phone call away. That helped. For about an hour. I don’t really know how she fared once she left the campus.

The Clorox College Survival Guide 2009 is a free guide that contains tips, hints, information and advice provided by college students and their parents.

The guide is full of tips such as:

A “heads up” on the popular regional trends in clothing and accessories as well as activities that come along with going to school in the Midwest, the Northeast, the South, and the West Coast
Instructions for a “5-Minute Dorm Room Clean-Up”
Seasonal influenza and novel H1N1 2009 flu virus prevention tips
Dorm room “must-haves” for living away from home
Lifestyle tips from experienced Moms

Learn a little bit more about the guide in this brief video.

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With flu season almost upon us and a growing concern for H1N1 I find the germ control tips most helpful. After all, germs are everywhere and college students will be sharing their space with strangers, which means they’ll be sharing space with their germs. I think it’s great that there is even a polite reminder on something that not everyone knows - the correct way to cover your cough. Hint, it’s not using your hand. I also think it’s neat that the guide offers information about regional trends, so students might feel more at ease in a new place away from home.

You can download the Clorox College Survival Guide 2009 national edition at www.momcentral.com/collegesurvivalguide2009.
There are also regional editions that you can find by visiting the College Survival Guide Facebook fan page, which you can find when you search “College Survival Guide 2009″ on Facebook. You can also become a fan of the College Survival Guide Facebook fan page.

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of The Clorox Company and received a gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

Sep 11, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

Clorox What To Expect: Guide to a Healthy Home Growth Chart

Clorox partnered with Heidi Murkoff, author of the bestselling “What to Expect” series to create the What to Expect: Guide to a Healthy Home. If you’re not familiar with this book it’s worth a look.

Does your husband (or any other male in your life) need a better argument for lowering the toilet seat other than preventing you from falling in?

From the book - “Water vapor (plus the toilet contents-yes…anything in there) erupts from the toilet like a mini bacteria volcano every time you flush, landing on whatever is nearby (including that toothbrush you left on the sink). Closing the lid before you flush will help prevent you-and your family-from brushing their teeth with toilet water.”

Do you store your child’s bath toys in the tub?

From the book - “Your children aren’t the only ones playing with the bath toys. [Bacteria and other germs] are having a party with them too, a party that keeps getting bigger and bigger as the guests multiply. To keep those bugs from breeding on tub toys let them dry in a net or basket after the bath. Toys that trap water (that rubber ducky comes to mind) need to be cleaned regularly with a diluted [disinfecting] bleach solution, [as directed], then rinsed well and left to dry.”

Years ago, when TJ was very young, I used to leave the tub mat in the tub. I guess I thought that it would stay clean since it was always under soapy water. Boy did I get a surprise when I lifted it up and found what looked like mold growing underneath it. Ewww! That was when I learned to remove everything from the tub to air dry.

I’ve learned that they recently added an addendum to the book - the Clorox What To Expect: Guide to a Healthy Home Growth Chart.

The What to Expect: Healthy Home Growth Chart is a guide containing information and tips on your child’s health and preventing germs from spreading in your home during the first five years. The Growth Chart is broken down by age - 1, 3 and 6 months and 1 to 5 years. The tips promote good health and hygiene while remaining simple and helpful. You may already know some or you may find one that wish you’d have thought of that sooner.

My favorite tip is for cleaning stuffed animals. Did you know that if you put a stuffed animal that isn’t machine washable in a trash bag in the freezer it will kill dust mites? I didn’t.

You can learn more and download the What To Expect Guide to a Healthy Home Growth Chart as well as the What to Expect: Guide to a Healthy Home Guide for free at http://www.clorox.com/healthier_lives/article.php?subsection=new_moms&article_id=what_to_expect

These two books are terrific, especially helpful for new parents. Check them out for yourself and let me know what you think.

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