What do most security professionals agree that a primary function of the security
department in a healthcare setting should be? - CORRECT ANSWER -Crime
prevention.
Inherent Susceptibility: - CORRECT ANSWER -A healthcare setting is a prime target
for crime, because of how the business of healthcare works.
Open access: - CORRECT ANSWER -Healthcare institutions traditionally provide an
open access environment. This arrangement accommodates the huge numbers of
people who come onto the property on a daily basis. Once in a healthcare facility,
someone can easily pose as a visitor or contractor and go through many areas
without being questioned.
Presence of Valuable Item: - CORRECT ANSWER -A healthcare facility is
susceptible to crime due to the wide variety of portable, marketable items used
and stored there. More than 3000 items purchased by hospitals are usable in the
home.
Distracted Patients and Staff: - CORRECT ANSWER -Criminals know that patients
and family members often are less aware of their surroundings due to the medical
and emotional issues with which they are dealing. Criminals also see that the fast
pace of the healthcare environment makes workers less aware as well.
,Whose personal safety is affected? - CORRECT ANSWER -Patients: If patients are
concerned for their personal well being or the safety of their personal property
their recovery may be affected. They may decide to get healthcare treatment
elsewhere. Employees: employees with personal safety concerns are less
productive and less attentive to patients. Visitors: Visitors concerned for their
personal well being may encourage their loved ones to seek medical care
elsewhere.
Reducing the opportunities for Crime- The triangle of crime - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. The opportunity to commit crime.
2. The desire or motivation to commit the crime.
3. The ability to commit crime.
Of the 3 components, desire and ability are for the most part, beyond the control
of the security professional. - CORRECT ANSWER -Reducing the opportunity for
crime is the key to crime prevention.
Crime prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Crime prevention is the anticipation,
recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some action to
remove or reduce it.
Preventing Crime through physical security planning - CORRECT ANSWER -To
adequately protect a healthcare environment and prevent crime a comprehensive
security plan must be developed. Its scope must extend to the following:
1-Protecting Personnel,
, 2-Protecting Information,
3-Protecting the Physical Plant.
Layers of protection: - CORRECT ANSWER -1. The perimeter barrier.
2. Barriers at the buildings' exteriors.
3. Interior controls.
Perimeters - CORRECT ANSWER -The first line of defense is a perimeter barrier. A
perimeter barrier defines the line or outside perimeter of the site. It can be either
structural or natural. An example of structural perimeter barrier is a chain-link
fence. An example of a natural barrier is a row of trees.
Exteriors - CORRECT ANSWER -The second line of defense is at the buildings'
exteriors: the top, sides and bottom of each building. Doors, windows, skylights,
and fire escapes provide this defense.
Interiors - CORRECT ANSWER -The third line of defense is interior controls.
Included are the internal operations of the protected site and the security
personnel who protect the environment. Many items comprise the interior
control system. Lock and key systems, access control, systems ( card, biometrics,
etc.) alarms, cameras, good policies and procedures, and proper training
examples.
New employees - CORRECT ANSWER -New employee orientation is a vital fist step
to generate employee involvement in support of the security program. Security's
department in a healthcare setting should be? - CORRECT ANSWER -Crime
prevention.
Inherent Susceptibility: - CORRECT ANSWER -A healthcare setting is a prime target
for crime, because of how the business of healthcare works.
Open access: - CORRECT ANSWER -Healthcare institutions traditionally provide an
open access environment. This arrangement accommodates the huge numbers of
people who come onto the property on a daily basis. Once in a healthcare facility,
someone can easily pose as a visitor or contractor and go through many areas
without being questioned.
Presence of Valuable Item: - CORRECT ANSWER -A healthcare facility is
susceptible to crime due to the wide variety of portable, marketable items used
and stored there. More than 3000 items purchased by hospitals are usable in the
home.
Distracted Patients and Staff: - CORRECT ANSWER -Criminals know that patients
and family members often are less aware of their surroundings due to the medical
and emotional issues with which they are dealing. Criminals also see that the fast
pace of the healthcare environment makes workers less aware as well.
,Whose personal safety is affected? - CORRECT ANSWER -Patients: If patients are
concerned for their personal well being or the safety of their personal property
their recovery may be affected. They may decide to get healthcare treatment
elsewhere. Employees: employees with personal safety concerns are less
productive and less attentive to patients. Visitors: Visitors concerned for their
personal well being may encourage their loved ones to seek medical care
elsewhere.
Reducing the opportunities for Crime- The triangle of crime - CORRECT ANSWER -
1. The opportunity to commit crime.
2. The desire or motivation to commit the crime.
3. The ability to commit crime.
Of the 3 components, desire and ability are for the most part, beyond the control
of the security professional. - CORRECT ANSWER -Reducing the opportunity for
crime is the key to crime prevention.
Crime prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Crime prevention is the anticipation,
recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some action to
remove or reduce it.
Preventing Crime through physical security planning - CORRECT ANSWER -To
adequately protect a healthcare environment and prevent crime a comprehensive
security plan must be developed. Its scope must extend to the following:
1-Protecting Personnel,
, 2-Protecting Information,
3-Protecting the Physical Plant.
Layers of protection: - CORRECT ANSWER -1. The perimeter barrier.
2. Barriers at the buildings' exteriors.
3. Interior controls.
Perimeters - CORRECT ANSWER -The first line of defense is a perimeter barrier. A
perimeter barrier defines the line or outside perimeter of the site. It can be either
structural or natural. An example of structural perimeter barrier is a chain-link
fence. An example of a natural barrier is a row of trees.
Exteriors - CORRECT ANSWER -The second line of defense is at the buildings'
exteriors: the top, sides and bottom of each building. Doors, windows, skylights,
and fire escapes provide this defense.
Interiors - CORRECT ANSWER -The third line of defense is interior controls.
Included are the internal operations of the protected site and the security
personnel who protect the environment. Many items comprise the interior
control system. Lock and key systems, access control, systems ( card, biometrics,
etc.) alarms, cameras, good policies and procedures, and proper training
examples.
New employees - CORRECT ANSWER -New employee orientation is a vital fist step
to generate employee involvement in support of the security program. Security's
