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Hi all,
Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare state:
3.3.1 Other items of clothing
Ties and lanyards
Where possible, the wearing of lanyards and neckties should be avoided as evidence indicates these pieces of clothes may facilitate transmission of infection[198][220][221][222][223].
Kotsanas D, Scott C, Gillespie EE, Korman TM, Stuart RL : Whats hanging around your neck? Pathogenic bacteria on identity badges and lanyards. Medical Journal of Australia 2008;188 5-8 Website
Murphy CM, Ruscio FD, Lynskey M, Collins J, McCullough E : Identification badge lanyards as infection control risk: a cross-sectional observation study with epidemiological analysis. The Journal of Hospital Infection 2017;96(1):63-66 Journal Website
Pepper T, Hicks G, Glass S, Philpott-Howard J : Bacterial contamination of fabric and metal-bead identity card lanyards: A cross- sectional study. Journal of Infection and Public Health 2014;7(6):542-546 Journal Website
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I personally think we need to be clear about what the risks are, and why they should not be used.
Many people say because they are contaminated with bacteria, they should be banned. But is there evidence of transmission from lanyards?
We have seen studies show the pens we carry in our pockets are also contaminated with bacteria. Is there a huge cry to ban pens from an infection control perspective? Not that I have heard (although I do recall one company had a antibacterial pen for a while, but it never really took off)
To me, its all about hand hygiene (surprise, surprise). Not about what is contaminated. We know there is bacteria in the environment, on our clothes, on things we carry. So perform hand hygiene before you touch that patient!
I dont think lanyards are a good idea, but from a safety perspective, not an infection control one. So when people ask me if they should ban lanyards, I say there is no definitive evidence about an infection control risk, but you might want to think about safety concerns as suggested.
My two cents worth.
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Michael
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I would be concerned they could be used as a strangling agent too. As well as dangling onto clients in close work such as turning a patient.
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Kareen Dunlop
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Hi Jenny,
This may be of interest.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26300101/
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Good morning all
Just after some advice on lanyards yes or no?
We have not used them here in years, but our relatively new exec team want to reintroduce them.
They have said they will be of a silicone material and can be wiped down regularly (not sure how that will go!!!)
Does anyone have any recent articles/research regarding this that I could use?
Thanks
Jenny
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