From Mac’s Safety Space: Mirror, mirror on the wall ... is that me?
Hospital Safety Insider, August 9, 2012
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One of the curious things I encounter on an increasingly regular basis is the Dorian Gray-like (but in reverse) effect of the ID badges of folks who've worked at an organization for a rather long time. So long, in fact, that they really don't look like their ID pictures any more. I know you've seen it too.
Now, I've always considered the hassle of having folks wear ID badges as being an important component of our security management strategies. As a general consideration, we do have an obligation to ensure that we're not giving any interlopers a chance of breaching our security (and don't get me started on those folks who are not nearly as careful about their ID badges as they should be. I know it makes me sound petulant, but we really ask so little of folks in this regard).
Read on.
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