Many Cesium 137 machines used by hospitals for blood irradiation are still susceptible to theft by terrorists who can convert them to so-called dirty bombs, according to the author, who describes the harm the explosion of one such bomb can do and urges concerned citizens, media, and security professionals to take action before a disaster occurs.
Healthcare facilities as growing venues for suicide by patients, family members, and others is a challenge which cannot be ignored by security and safety professionals working together with clinicians and social workers, according to the author who presents a checklist of winning strategies to achieve a "zero incidents" suicide prevention program.
Demonstrating the value of comprehensive security services in an era marked by increasing violence and budget cuts in healthcare institutions is the challenge facing healthcare security leaders today. In this article, the author presents five keys to planning for a successful security future.
Tackling the difficult issue of enforcing your hospital's smoke free policy, the author discusses the problems raised by smokers who just won't or can't comply. Strict enforcement, he says, is not always the best policy. The more a whole-hospital community approach is taken to truly create a "smoke free" environment, the more likely it will become uncomfortable for smokers to violate the facility's policy.
In this article the security system executive for a 13-hospital system spells out how partnering with capable and motivated vendors and gaining the cooperation of other departments enabled him to convert disparate security systems with equipment from multiple manufacturers into a cost-effective centralized system.
Healthcare settings are experiencing increased amounts of violent activity that are challenging to the health care security profession. There is difficulty in addressing this issue completely. Some of this difficulty is because of factors that include inexperienced and untrained clinicians and administrators that are often the decision-makers in the health care setting. As part of an effective solution, we propose that a security plan, including a comprehensive use of force program incorporating conducted electrical weapons, is a necessary and best-practice goal. This paper outlines the background of the problem and discusses the challenges we encountered in reaching this goal as well as the benefits we have discovered along the way. This paper will be beneficial to any healthcare security professional that is interested in enhancing or improving their current health care security use of force model to further counter the increasing violent activity in their respective healthcare setting.
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