Healthcare Physical Security Screening Assessment

Detecting weapons and other dangerous items is critical to keeping patients, staff and visitors safe. Determine how well your institution is optimized for security and identify any gaps in protocols.

Strategy
Strategy

Having a comprehensive strategy that takes into account the day-to-day reality of your organization and assessing the required security measures in this context.

Effectiveness
Effectiveness

A security infrastructure that reduces security risks to acceptable levels through a reasonable investment.

Efficiency
Efficiency

The ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while acceptably managing risk.

Cost of Ownership
Cost of Ownership

The ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while acceptably managing risk.

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Strategy Strategy

Having a comprehensive strategy that takes into account the day-to-day reality of your organization and assessing the required security measures in this context.

1
When it comes to improving current physical security screening methods and equipment, what do you consider an obstacle?

Please select all options that apply.

2
We currently utilize the following physical security screening method(s):

Please select all options that apply.

*A system that uses the earth’s naturally occurring magnetic field to detect objects.

3
We have an up-to-date, documented security plan that takes into account our facilities, risk profile, hardware, technology, staffing and compliance.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

4
We have a Director of Security, Chief Security Officer, or dedicated position responsible for the security policies, programs, and operations.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

5
We have physical screen solutions that enable us to perform covert or inconspicuous screening.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

6
We have effective security screening solutions that can be used at locations beyond our main entrances (e.g., ED waiting area, psychiatric holding, triage/triage waiting, security offices).

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

Effectiveness Effectiveness

A security infrastructure that reduces security risks to acceptable levels through a reasonable investment.

1
We have had incidents in which restricted items (e.g., cell phones, weapons) got past our screening solutions.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

2
We have physical screen solutions in place that help detect very small objects, such as razor blades or lighters, even when they may be hidden within the body.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

3
We have physical security screening solutions in place that can distinguish between threatening objects and nonthreatening objects.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

4
We have the ability to easily adjust the sensitivity levels of our security screening technology.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

Efficiency Efficiency

The ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while acceptably managing risk.

1
Our security solutions require people to divest of their personal belongings before they are screened.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

2
Staff are satisfied with the speed, accuracy and effectiveness of our current screening solutions.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

3
Our current screening solutions are easy to use (e.g., intuitive controls, fast calibration, portability).

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

4
Our current screening solutions can be used outdoors in all weather (e.g., perimeter screening) without needing a power supply.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership

The ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while acceptably managing risk.

1
We have physical screen solutions that require some type of regularly scheduled maintenance.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

2
We have had a security incident that resulted in either direct or indirect costs to our facility.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

3
Additional screening is considered cost-prohibitive due to our current screening solution investment.

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

4
Some of our current screening solutions required infrastructure charges to install (e.g., electrical runs, building modifications, IT integration, etc.).

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.

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