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How to safely allow visitors to your hospital in a COVID-exposed world (fifth of a seven-part series)
Monday, August 3, 2020 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 ...
How to safely allow visitors to your hospital in a COVID-exposed world (fourth of a seven-part series)
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 by Andrew Jones
How to choose the right visitor management system (VMS) for signing in and badging your visitors
Choosing the right VMS requires asking the right questions.
A good visitor management system, or VMS, lets you sign in, identify, and track your visitors. This helps protect your patients and staff from outsiders.
Every hospital has different needs. So ask yourself the following questions to help you choose the right visitor management system for your hospital, as determined by its policies ...
How to safely allow visitors to your hospital in a COVID-exposed world (third of a seven-part series)
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 by Andrew Jones
How to manage your visitors
The safety of patients and staff comes first. This will ensure the safety of visitors.
Your visitor policy should help you do the following:
CONTROL Managing your visitors begins with limiting how many you allow and when. Then limit how many points of entry are open to the public. Since all visitors must be screened and badged, the ideal is one entrance per building.
Once visitors are inside, funnel them to your screening station with clear signage. ...
How to safely allow visitors to your hospital in a COVID-exposed world (second of a seven-part series)
Friday, July 10, 2020 by Andrew Jones
Now, more than ever, you must know who is in your building. This requires signing in, identifying, and tracking your visitors.
How to know who has permission to be in your hospital.
When was the last time you saw a healthcare worker who wasn’t wearing some form of identification? More than other institutions, hospitals have vulnerable occupants who need to know the people in charge of their care have authorized access to their bedside. A presumption of safety is critical to effective ...
How to prevent violence in the workplace
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 by Andrew Jones
Recently we came across a document from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (courtesy of Doug Pesce, an ASIS International colleague) that explains how to recognize and respond to warning signs in the workplace that someone may be on a “pathway to violence.”
Such signs of trouble, while describing those of work colleagues, also apply to other people we encounter regularly. These include frequent visitors to our places of employment and, especially, friends and relatives. ...
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