Security

PREPARED BY:
QUEEN KJOLLEA ORTIZ
 Security
• protection against intended incidents. Wanted incidents
happen due to a result of deliberate and planned act. NTNU
definition (Skavland Idsø and Mejdell Jakobsen, 2000):
• the state of being free from danger or threat.
• A condition of being protected against planned, malicious
and criminal incidents from a wide range of threats, where
what is protected is all kinds of values to an
organization/individual and incidents happen due to the
wish for a wanted output/consequence for the attacker.
Security in hospital

• To keep staff, patients and visitors safe,

hospitals use a range of security measures,
including the use of CCTV cameras, duress
alarms for staff members and electronic access
control systems for doorways. Some hospitals
also employ security staff.
Hospital security arrangements

• Many hospitals have security staff and arrangements to

protect patients and hospital staff to make sure they are
safe.

• Health services enforce a code of behaviour. They do not

tolerate physical or verbal aggression, or abuse towards
staff, patients, family members or visitors. Security staff
or police will ask aggressive or abusive visitors to leave
the hospital.
 Personal information security
• All hospital staff, including your administration and medical care
team, must take reasonable precautions to protect your personal
health information from:
• unauthorised access
• improper use
• disclosure
• unlawful destruction
• accidental loss.
• Staff who come into contact with your personal health information
must maintain the security of that information.
Security Rules Requires

• appropriate administrative,
• physical and technical safeguards to ensure
the confidentiality,
• integrity, and
• security of electronic protected health
information.
 Security plan
• Clinical decision making and critical thinking skills are utilized by the
registered nurse who participates in security plans, the execution of
security drills, and the evaluation of the successes, or the lack thereof,
associated with security plans and responses to security threats and
breaches.
• Safety and security are closely aligned. Health care facilities have security
plans, as mandated, similar to the necessity for emergency preparedness
plans. Security plans are consistent with the regulations and
recommendations of the Joint Commission On the Accreditation of Health
care Organizations, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the
International Association for Health care Security and Safety.
• Some of the most commonly occurring security risks in health care
facilities include infant abduction, client elopement, the entry of
dangerous and violent people into the health care setting, computer
hacking and information/data theft.
 Security measures that are used in
health care facilities include:
• Security alert systems to alert staff to a security breach such as
code pink when an infant abduction has occurred
• The use of staff identification badges and visitor identification
badges that identify people who are authorized to be in a
facility
• Closed circuit monitoring and alarm systems in high risk areas
such as the emergency care area
• Security doors
 Security measures that are used in health care
facilities include:

• Electronic methods and devices, such as an electronic

wristband, for the newborn and the mother to prevent
successful infant abductions
• Procedures to follow in the event of a security threat
such as a bomb threat or an active shooting event that
may lead to the evacuation of clients and others
Participating in the Institution's
Security Plans

• Similar to emergency preparedness plans,

all nurses must be prepared to act with
security threats and security breaches. One
way to prepare is to review the policies and
procedures relating to your role on a regular
basis and another way to prepare is by
participating in mock drills and practices
within the organization.