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How to Safely Allow Visitors to Your Hospital in a COVID-Exposed World (First of a Seven-Part Series)

COVID-19 Visitor Management

A new threat has been added to your hospital security list. COVID-19 means more vigilance, even when infections decline.

Increased scrutiny of visitors should continue.

Hospitals have always had to manage the risk of infectious diseases. But now, with the onset of Coronavirus Disease 2019, it is harder than ever to keep patients, staff, and visitors safe. This highly contagious and deadly disease poses a constant threat to everyone’s health.

So hospitals have had to implement much more stringent preventive measures. As a result, all visitors (and employees and patients, for that matter) receive careful scrutiny before being allowed to enter. This is a good thing and should continue.

As staying at home and social distancing reduce the number of COVID cases and related deaths, visitors will increase, heightening more traditional security concerns, like workplace violence, drug use, and theft. These risks, combined with the COVID-19 threat (however diminished), will still make screening and identifying visitors necessary to ensure everyone’s security.

(Next: Part Two — How to know who has permission to be in your hospital. Download our complete guide to safely allowing visitors.)

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Paul Kazlauskas

Paul joined THRESHOLD in 2001 after graduating from Bryant University. After a few years in the Sales Department, Paul transitioned to the Marketing Team in 2005. Over the years, Paul has worked on developing & launching new products, been the designer of customer communication emails, and launched numerous web sites for the Threshold product line. A native of Connecticut, Paul enjoys outdoor activities like kayaking, golfing & hiking, as well as spending time with his son.
Picture of Paul Kazlauskas

Paul Kazlauskas

Paul joined THRESHOLD in 2001 after graduating from Bryant University. After a few years in the Sales Department, Paul transitioned to the Marketing Team in 2005. Over the years, Paul has worked on developing & launching new products, been the designer of customer communication emails, and launched numerous web sites for the Threshold product line. A native of Connecticut, Paul enjoys outdoor activities like kayaking, golfing & hiking, as well as spending time with his son.

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    The Red Flag feature has been improved! Now you can set your system to not print a badge for any visitor record that has been previously marked with a Red Flag. The attendant will be prompted to redirect the visitor according to your security protocol.

    Special New Feature: Red Flag, No Badge

    Flag alertsIt’s easy and free to activate this feature. Simply call us and ask for “Red Flag, No Badge” to be turned on. Once it’s on, the above pop-up will come up when a red flagged visitor comes back. No badge will print and the attendant will need to follow the facility’s policy for handling red flagged visitors.

    The flags and notes only show to the desk attendant, not the visitor. 

    Please contact eVisitor Support with any questions on how to use Flags in your system. 

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