#Giveaway & Review: Prefense Hand Sanitizer

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As a nurse working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, I’m no stranger to hand sanitizing products. I easily wash my hands or use a cleaning gel 30 or more times in a 12 hour shift. While I love the convenience of a gel, I’ve found the alcohol-based brand we use at work to be very drying.

I was intrigued to try PreFense’s alcohol-free hand sanitizer and see how it compared. I noticed several key benefits right away:

• It contains a moisturizing silica complex with soothing organic botanicals – basically it’s less harsh. Since it’s non-toxic, it’s safe for kids even if ingested.
• Instead of a gel, it comes in a pump dispenser that sprays as a foam.
• It has a light, subtle citrus scent instead of the chemical alcohol smell.

It provides long-lasting protection against nasty germs such as staphylococcus aureus and MRSA.  I’m not really an advocate of unnecessary antibacterial products, but with flu season just around the corner, hand hygiene is essential and this would be a great product to carry around in your purse or car, or keep at home for daily protection.  You never know when you might need to wash up in between giving first aid or when traveling, so I always keep some hand sanitizer in my first aid kit in my car and one in my purse too.

According to their research studies, a single spray of Prefense lasts all day and provides continued protection up to 24 hours and through 10 handwashings. If you crunch the numbers, an 8 oz. bottle of Prefense offers 640 applications, and with one spray lasting all day, that one bottle of Prefense could potentially last one user almost 2 years.

I enjoyed using Prefense because it was less drying and uses all-natural ingredients. While I don’t think everyone necessarily needs to use this every day, if you’re in a household with kids or have a job where you interact with the public a lot, this may protect you against the germs you are likely to encounter on a daily basis.

Buy It: Available online at www.prefense.com ($16.99 for 8 oz. bottle) or on Amazon.

Win It: One lucky winner will receive an 8 oz bottle of Prefense Hand Sanitizer!  Open to US.

How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. The mandatory entry is listed at the top and must be done first. Hit “click for instructions” under each entry, and the necessary links or info will appear. Then click the green “I did this” button, and it will prompt for your email address and any information needed to verify the entry, such as your twitter username. To increase your chances of winning, you can complete any of the extra optional entries.

Disclosure: I did not receive any financial compensation for this post, and all opinions are my own and uninfluenced by anyone else. I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com.