Summary
A maker's short guidance on disinfecting loaned assistive listening equipment, including neck loop lanyards, between users.
Key findings
- Calls sanitizing and disinfecting all assistive listening and tour equipment after each use an integral part of the guest experience, and cites the CDC's advice to clean frequently touched surfaces daily with EPA-registered disinfectants.
- Promotes the maker's water-based wipes, without bleach or alcohol, which it says an independent lab approved for its transceivers, receivers, earbuds, ear speakers, headphones and neck loop lanyards; equipment should stay wet for at least four minutes.
- Says alcohol- or bleach-based disinfectants also work but may damage casings, screens and labels, recommends a patch test with other products, and gives typical wet contact times of 4 to 6 minutes, up to 10 minutes for natural-based cleaners.
Limits
A maker's promotional article for its own cleaning product; the lab approval and kill rates are its claims, without a report. It gives no evidence on how often loaned equipment is cleaned or on infection risk. Last modified on 4 March 2025.
Read the original
www.listentech.com/dont-forget-to-disinfect-your-devices
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Cite this source
Listen Technologies (Listen Team). Don't Forget to Disinfect Your Devices. Listen Technologies (blog). 23 September 2022. https://www.listentech.com/dont-forget-to-disinfect-your-devices/ (accessed 10 October 2026).
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