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Posted By Clive Cooper
My company is introducing a new system for identifying visitors by having photo-id cards in clear-plastic wallets hung on plastic lanyards that are worn around the visitors neck. They will have a breakable connection should they get caught. The lanyards and wallets will be reused, whereas the suppliers expect them to be used once and discarded. However, someone has suggested that the company could be liable for cross-contagion or allergic reaction. Has anyone else had to address this? Has anyone set up a cleaning policy for lanyards? If it was safety specs. for visitors, I would might expect them to be cleaned for hygiene reasons, but I am not sure about something worn round the neck.
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Posted By Robert (Rod) Douglas
Clive,
Are the Lanyards that you will be using made of materail?
If so get rid and use the chain link type, which are a much safer option and the chain can be wiped with anticeptic wipes after use. Jobs Jobbed....
Yours Aye,
Rod
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Posted By Clive Cooper
Point taken Rod. They are intended to be woven so that they can have "visitor" printed on them. I will suggest metal ones though. Thanks.
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Posted By Kim Sunley
Hate to throw a spanner in the works, but be aware that the metal ones are likely to contain nickel which can provoke an allergic skin reaction in some individuals.
Not sure whether you can get hypo-allergenic chains.
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Posted By Stuart Nagle
And I suppose theres a problem with the clip-on type too?
interesting how by introducing measures to aid safety we can invent more problems for ourselves....
what about clip-on ties for all persons who wear ties in the job and maybe exposed to machinery and the potential of entanglement....
Stuart
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Posted By Terry Smyth
There is a plastic beaded neck strap for such passes on the market, similiar construction to that of a nickel chain, which could be easily cleaned by anticeptic wipes.
Regards
Terry
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Posted By Ken Taylor
Why not give them the clip-on (crocodile-clip)type? They don't have to come into contact with your skin, don't hang down when you bend forward and don't twist round so you can't see the front of the card.
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Posted By Anne Payne
...which are fine if you're wearing a suit but not all of us do!!
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Posted By Ken Taylor
No discrimination for non-suit wearers intended, Anne. I only wear a suit on formal occasions. The clip-ons can have a hole for chains for those with no part of their clothing available for attachment.
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Posted By Clive Cooper
Just to close this one out. We are using nickel-free metal neck chains with a breakable link. The plan being to wipe them over every so often with an antiseptic wipe. We also retain the option of the clip-on type were visitors prefer these. Thanks for your comments anyway.
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Posted By Dave Wilson
Am I really losing the plot here or is this something which our bessie oppo Jeremy Clarkson is going to have a go at us for.
Call me old fashioned but the last time I was at the doctors didnt see the big queue of people waiting for treatment for infection by visitor pass!!!
Do we as H&S professionals have nothing better to do with our time.
Or are you doing reverse Risk Assessments where you tackle the least important safety issue in the organisation first. Not getting at you personally Colin but suggest you do what you want as this is so insignificant it is really not worth the effort!
Suppose some tweed suited elbow patch clip board is going to tell me that there has been research into this!Ipodrage!!
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Posted By Clive Cooper
It's sometimes the little things that you do Dave that people appreciate. To do a risk assessment on something as trivial as necklaces is probably more time consuming than putting their minds at rest.
Anyway. Who's Colin?
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Posted By PS
Clive,
Have you thought about using a simple visitor label (not to sticky though) this method is in use at the Scottish Parliament.
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