INSIGHTS
Today, more than a billion cars are on the road, and this figure is expected to double within the next couple decades. Often ignored is the fact that much traffic comes from drivers cruising for a vacant or cheaper parking spot — recent studies indicate drivers hunting for parking account for roughly 50 percent of traffic. Traffic congestion leads to driver frustration, which may increase the number of accidents and excessive carbon emission, which impacts air quality and raises environmental issues. Smarter parking facilities and measures ensure the security of parking facilities and quality of life for local residents, as well as relieve environmental stress related to automobiles.
Assigning Access Priorities
Date: 2011/06/01
Source: a&s International
Infant tagging is necessary for the nursery as well as for the labor/delivery, obstetric and pediatric areas, Pryse said. "Access control protocols should be available on all doors, stairwells and elevators. Infant tagging should have the capability to delay egress when an unauthorized event takes place. It is preferable to dedicate security personnel to issue photo passes for these areas," she added.
After-Hours Control
After-hours access restrictions are performed by programmed settings that correspond to daily activities. "With simple configurations, employees, patients, visitors and authorized guests can be limited to certain sections of the facility and the time frame they are able to enter the authorized areas," said Matt Conrad, Director of Global Innovation and Customer Experience for Health Care, Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. "The system can also limit the number of entrances during after-hours."
Standard and basic settings with electronic access control can designate when or at what doors, equipment or
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data network levels the employee may have access to. Biometric scanning can help assure that the person attempting to enter is actually that person, not somebody carrying an authorized person's card, said Dave Cullen, Director of Business Development for Health Care, Lumidigm.
"Photos of the users should automatically appear on the screen as the person enters various levels of access, and this photo can then be compared by the security personnel with the person viewed by the surveillance camera," Pryse said. "Intercoms should be made available at designated entrances to provide assistance and a response by a security officer if necessary."
Policy management integration establishes reasonable after-hours or out-of-cycle physical access, but lacks flexibility for ‘break-the-glass' functionality when required, Botti said. "Restricting physical access to bottleneck access points requiring human intervention is common, to restrict after-hours access to those areas that can be staffed by security personnel responsible for validating after-hours needs."