Secret Santa Gifts for Theatre, ICU and A&E Staff

Drawn someone in theatres, ICU or A&E for Secret Santa? A MedLoops drug label lanyard costs £7.49, gets used every single shift, and is guaranteed to start conversations on the ward. Here is how to pick the right one.

Why a drug label lanyard works as Secret Santa

Most Secret Santa budgets sit around £5 to £10, and most gifts in that range end up in a drawer. A lanyard is different: hospital staff wear their ID badge all day, so a good lanyard gets used from the first shift after the party. Ours are printed with drug labels in the ISO 26825 colours used on anaesthetic syringes, with a few joke labels mixed in, so they look right at home in clinical areas and still raise a smile.

Pick by department

• Anaesthetists, ODPs and theatre nurses: the Anaesthetic Lanyard UK version (£7.49), our original design with UK drug names. For someone with a sense of humour, try the Comedy version (£7.49), with labels like Milk of amnesia and Sarcasm (snipes/hour).
• ICU nurses and doctors: the Intensive Care Lanyard (£7.49), with noradrenaline, insulin and the rest of the critical care favourites.
• A&E staff and paramedics: the Pre-hospital & Emergency Medicine Lanyard (£7.49), complete with in-jokes anyone who has worked the front door will recognise.
• Midwives and labour ward teams: the Bringing Babies Lanyard (£7.49), with obstetric drug labels and a few surprises.
• Vets and vet nurses: the Veterinary Lanyard (£7.49), featuring etorphine measured in elephants/mL.
• Colleagues in the US: the Anesthesia Lanyard US version, with US drug names.
• If the budget stretches: the MedLoops Scrub Hat (£13.99), covered in colour-coded drug labels, in tie back or bouffant styles.

Buying for the whole team?

• 5-packs of any design cost £29.99, which works out at £6.00 per lanyard.
• Mix and match: add any three or more single lanyards or scrub hats to your basket and 15% comes off automatically.
• Free UK postage on lanyard and hat orders of £19 or more.

Will it arrive in time?

We dispatch from Hampshire, UK within 2 to 3 working days by Royal Mail. For UK delivery before Christmas, please order by Monday 14 December. If your Secret Santa swap is earlier in December, order a week before it to be safe. Ordering from outside the UK? Please order as early as you can.

Good to know

• Each lanyard is 105 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, with a safety breakaway and a lobster clip for your ID badge.
• They wipe clean with standard hospital wipes and can go in a 30°C wash.
• Not quite right? You can return new, unused items within 14 days for a full refund.

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