Top Hospital Security Guard Company
According to a 2021 survey by National Nurses United, nearly half of the nurses responding reported an increase in incidents of violence on the job.
Hospitals are now proactively training management and staff so they can respond quickly and appropriately if a dangerous incident occurs. They’re also focusing heavily on prevention. Here are some of the elements of a strong hospital security plan:
- Conduct annual risk assessments
- Implement strategies and staff training that identify behavior that could lead to violence
- Train staff on how to defuse tense situations and, when necessary, how to alert hospital security
- Add access control technology, digital video surveillance, electronic lockdown capability and electronic tracking of equipment and medication
- Add sufficient hospital security guards
Not surprisingly, security guards in hospitals are becoming more common–but most hospital management says there aren’t enough. Properly trained guards can de-escalate a situation verbally yet have the skills to physically restrain when needed.
For a hospital security plan to be the most effective, staff, management and security guard officers must work in unison to prevent violence and theft, and when necessary, address aggressive or erratic behavior.
Access Control Security provides security teams to hospitals around the country—stationed in emergency rooms, on patient floors, in pharmacies, at hospital entrances and in parking lots/structures.
