Healthcare security
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The security and resource protection program protects patients, staff, visitors and organizational property which minimizes loss, theft, and damage to hospital resources.
An effective security program for a hospital includes:
- Protecting patients, staff, visitors, facilities, medical equipment, supplies, and private property.
- Active participation by hospital administration to promote safety and security within the workplace or security committee.
- Implementing recommendations made by local security personnel.
In addition, the facility manager has to plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor a security program.
- Ensures proper lighting for entrances, parking lot, and sidewalks.
- Ensures appropriate procedures are in place to secure entrances after normal work hours.
- Ensures adequate protective measures are planned for and implemented during emergency incidents according to the hospitals Contingency Response Plan.
- Ensures appropriate security alarm systems, vaults, and safes are included in the resource protection plan as necessary.
- Ensure adequate physical security measures are in place to protect critical utility systems, such as emergency generators, medical gas supply, fuel supply, or primary electrical distribution systems. Control access to radio base stations, overhead paging systems, and telephone closets.
- Reports thefts and security protection problems at the safety [environment of care] committee.
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