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No metal detectors, no need to worry

Healthcare Security Weekly, April 4, 2004

If your hospital can't afford metal detectors, consider other options.

"Look at all safeguards and come up with your own recipe," says Russ Colling, CHPA, CPP, security consultant for Colling and Kramer in Salida, CO. Colling says the following are a few items to remember:

• An alert staff is the most economical and best way to prevent violence
• Train staff and security officers in de-escalation techniques
• Consider alarm safe buttons that alert the nurse station or security
• Station a security officer in the emergency department area or have security patrol the area regularly
• Reduce the number of entry points in to the emergency area by locking certain doors

To learn more about metal detectors and assess whether they're right for your hospital, read the April issue of HSEM.

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