Visitor management is an important part of keeping your facility safe and secure. One simple way to improve your visitor management system is to use color-coded visitor badges.
Here are 4 benefits of using color-coded visitor badges:
1. Increased visibility
Fluorescent visitor badges are much more visible than basic white badges. This makes it easier for security personnel to identify visitors from a distance, both in person and on video cameras.
2. Reduced risk of badge reuse
If you color-code visitor badges by the day of the week, it will be much more difficult for visitors to reuse their badges on a different day. This can help to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to your facility.
3. Improved access control
If you color-code visitor badges by the type of visitor (e.g., VISITOR, VENDOR, VOLUNTEER), security personnel can quickly and easily identify what type of access the visitor should have. This can help to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive areas of your facility.
4. Enhanced security planning
If you have multiple floors in your facility, you can color-code visitor badges by floor. This will make it easy for security personnel to identify visitors who are out of place.
In addition to these four benefits, color-coded visitor badges can also be used to differentiate or organize departments, security clearance or access levels, visiting groups, and more.
How to implement color-coded visitor badges:
To implement a color-coded visitor badge system, you will need to:
- Choose a color-coding scheme for your visitor badges.
- Purchase color-coded visitor badges or badge tags
- Train your staff on how to use the new system.
Badge tags provide maximum visibility and flexibility and work with any adhesive badge you already use.
Here are some additional tips for implementing a color-coded visitor badge system:
- Choose colors that are bright and easy to see.
- Use your visitor badge color coding scheme to communicate important information about the visitor, such as the day of the week they are visiting, the type of visitor they are, and which floors they have access to.
- Train your staff on how to identify visitors who are wearing the wrong color badge and what steps they should take if this happens.
It’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.