this second side portion 34 has integrally designed therein an aperture 35 through which a cord attaches the handset 28 to the remainder of the telephone fig4 illustrates in more detail the second side portion 34 and the aperture 35 although the aperture 35 is shown in a manner requiring the guard 10 39 to be installed by sliding on from one side any other suitable design may be employed the first 33 and second 34 side portions of the guard 10 39 are connected by a bottom portion 37 which extends over the back of the handset 28 the bottom portion 37 may be of any desirable width since as noted above the guard 10 39 is intended to be slid onto the handset 28 the portion 37 should not extend further than the width of the handset 28 particularly in an upwards direction as in the case of the top portion 23 on the guard 10 the bottom portion 37 is intended to be utilized for advertising although the first cap 12 of the guard 10 for conventional telephone handsets is hereafter utilized to described in detail the means for restricting the passage of germs to and or from the handset it should be understood that either the first 12 12 39 or second 14 14 39 cap on the guard 10 10 39 is extremely similar in.