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Clarify who can bring weapons within the facility
Healthcare Security Weekly, September 5, 2004
Assuming hospital visitors, patients, and staff can't bring weapons to the facility-a standard in most hospitals-your policy should thoroughly clarify who can carry a weapon and where.
"Weapons should only belong in healthcare when they're carried appropriately by the appropriate people," says Gus Niewenhous, Esq., CPP, CFE, director of safety and security at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston. "Weapons are generally incompatible in the healthcare setting."
Many hospitals only allow official law-enforcement employees, not private detectives and security officers, to carry weapons.
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