Hospital Security: Why it is Important - ID Card Printer

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Hospital Security Why it is Important
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With the world falling apart at the seams, it is
becoming readily apparent that security is needed
in almost every sector of the economy, even
hospitals.
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While victims of a violent crime will usually
wind up at a hospital, it does not necessarily
mean that they are out of the woods. In the
event that a perpetrator does not finish the job,
a victim becomes the most vulnerable when they
are admitted into a hospital. This brings us to
our first point.
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One of the most significant areas where security
guards can make a difference is in preventing
victims of violent crimes from being further
traumatized.
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Nearly one and a half million violent crimes were
committed in 2009 and there is no reason to
assume that that number shrank in the last two
years. Many times, if a criminal was unable to
finish the job and they believe that the victim
could identify them, they will go to great
lengths to see that that never happens.
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While an armed security guard is imposing,
sometimes a well thought out security system,
sans security guards, is all that is needed to
keep a victim safe.
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Hospital security guards can also come in handy
in deterring break-ins and robberies. While it
is true that there may not be a whole lot in the
way of money to be stolen from a hospital, there
are other high dollar items that can become
targets of would-be thieves.
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With more and more people becoming dependent on
drugs, any hospital pharmacy is a potential
target. In fueling that their dependencies
addicts also require needles and other
paraphernalia. The plethora of high tech
gadgetry can also be a draw to addicts, as these
items can fetch a pretty penny on the black
market. With the right system in place, these
issues can become nonexistent.
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While fewer than ten infants are kidnapped from
hospitals each year, infant-napping is a problem.
Numerically speaking, this might seem
acceptable, but to the ten families that are
affected, this statistic is less than
satisfactory.
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A continuous, consistent security guard presence
can make statistics such as these become
history. In the event that a hospital becomes
the center of attention due to an incident,
security guards can come in handy when having to
deal with crowd control.
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While reporters may just want to get the scoop,
it is important to preserve the privacy of the
victims and their families in their time of grief
and sorrow.
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The bottom line is that a hospital can never take
their current security system for granted they
always ought to be looking for ways to
improve. One such improvement is to create
access zones where zones can only be accessed by
personnel that have HID access cards.
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If it is impossible to mandate HID access cards
for all personnel, then a hospital ought to
ensure every employees uniform be equipped with
badge holders.
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Badge holders come in many shapes and sizes and
they are there to ensure that an employees id is
always visible and easily read by anyone at any
time. In designing your security system bear in
mind that it might be economical to look into a
id card printer. Id card printers, coupled with
id card software, can help to bring down your
overall security costs.
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Oftentimes, depending on employee turnover, ids
only have to be printed once and they can be used
at multiple jobsites.
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Obviously, due to the nature of the job, ids may
tend to have a shorter lifespan than in other
occupations however, id card software can make
id card reproduction a snap. Most id card
printers these days are so easy to use that you
shouldnt have to hire someone to run it
exclusively.
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