After discovering a number of journal articles, which document the risk of infection posed by lanyards, our initial response was to design lanyards out of the ID card system. However, when you're in the hospital environment you quickly realise just how widespread the use of lanyards are, and just how many things staff attach to them. To help us understand the ways in which staff use their lanyards, we thought of a simple campaign that would allow staff members to take photos of their lanyards and tweet them to us.