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A busy hospital lobby balances security, health, and efficiency
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 by Andrew Jones
The nearly 1,200 daily visitors to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are all required to check in with reception to ensure they have a purpose for being at the facility. The Reception Services Department uses a combination of disposable and reusable “Badge Tags” that helps keep patients and employees safe, prevents guest exposure to toxins, and saves valuable staff resources.
The hospital prints adhesive I.D. labels using two computer programs, one for visitors and ...
Threshold Introduces New Brand: "One Day Time-Expiring Visitor Badges"
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 by Andrew Jones
Threshold, a division of Data Management, Inc., has developed a new brand for its industry-leading temporary badge product line. "One Day™ Time-Expiring Visitor Badges" bolster security protocols and simplify visitor management at schools, healthcare facilities, corporate campuses, and more.
One Day Time-Expiring Visitor Badges are "valid today and void tomorrow," changing color overnight to display a "VOID" that prevents reuse the next day. As a result, the time-expiring visitor ...
An intruder in the operating room
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 by Andrew Jones
In the past two years, we have written about the security challenge known as "tailgating." This is the practice of following an authorized person into a restricted area or past a certain checkpoint. (This is also sometimes referred to as "piggybacking.")
It’s time for a follow-up.
Earlier this month The Boston Globe published a story about an intruder in the operating room at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She then tried to infiltrate two other hospitals in the ...
Threshold' badges that "expire" now run on Brother label printers
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 by Andrew Jones
Data Management Inc.’s market for high-security visitor badges just got bigger.
After years of producing time-expiring visitor badges for visitor management software, DMI, makers of Threshold, has just expanded its offering of rolled badges to run on a wider range of label printers. Now developers, resellers, and end-users of visitor management systems can print their visitor badges on Brother direct thermal printers.
“Our time-expiring badges have always run on several ...
When Executives Travel
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 by Andrew Jones
Last week one of my colleagues, Ron Coleman, attended the monthly meeting of the Western Mass Chapter of ASIS International (formerly the American Society for Industrial Security). The speaker was Ray Muise, Assistant Vice President of Corporate Security at MassMutual Financial Group.
“Ray spoke about many of the unique challenges faced by security professionals in preparing for executive protection at off-site conferences,” Ron said. “As part of his talk, he provided a ...
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