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How to safely allow visitors to your hospital in a COVID-exposed world (fifth of a seven-part series)

by Andrew Jones

The risks of not managing your visitors properly

At best, not identifying visitors makes employees wonder about them. At worst, it leaves people exposed to potential harm.

Any unauthorized visitor should be considered a security breach, with assumed bad consequences, such as:

• Bringing disease into your hospital, now more than ever
• Physically harming your patients, staff, and other visitors
• Being under the influence of a controlled substance and/or seeking to steal drugs from your facility (and to use drugs within it)
• Stealing personal belongings and hospital assets – now including basic supplies (masks, sanitizer, disinfecting wipes) that are in greater demand by the general public and may be in limited supply

(Next: Part Six — The benefits of an effective visitor management system. Download our complete guide to safely allowing visitors.)

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Posted on 8/3/2020