Access control for healthcare facilities

Healthcare facilities have a duty of care for patients, staff, and visitors on site. This makes controlling access effectively critical to day-to-day operations.

• Reliable access control. Staff need dependable access 24/7, and security systems must keep people safe without getting in the way of staff delivering care to unwell or vulnerable people.
• Complex sites and permissions. Hospitals and clinics have rooms for all sorts of purposes. All of these areas are accessed by different people at different times, so detailed user groups and schedules are vital.
• Hygiene and accessibility. Prevention of disease transmission is paramount in a healthcare setting, so reducing shared touchpoints is a priority. In addition, wheelchair users and less mobile people need accessible entrances.

Your challenge: 

Large healthcare sites operate around the clock. They have thousands of staff, patients, visitors, and contractors entering, exiting, and moving between departments. Where and when different people can go depends on their role, shift, and department. Some areas, like pharmacies, records archives, and laboratories require tighter security.

Our solution: 

Centralised access control with ATRIUM supports up to 500 doors and 10,000 users, with up to 1,000 permission levels and 250 time zones. This allows hospitals to tailor access rights to different roles across clinical, administrative, and support functions. For more sensitive areas, choose biometric readers like the ievo ultimate® to ensure that only authorised people can gain access.

Reducing physical contact with shared surfaces is vital in healthcare environments. Solutions such as infrared exit devices activate with no touch needed – just a wave of the hand – while radio transmitters can send signals wirelessly to automatically open doors without the need to push or pull. Facial recognition devices further reduce the need for shared contact points.

🤚 Reduce contact with frequently used surfaces

🤚 Choose infrared or radio activated devices

🤚 Integrate access control and automatic doors for full control

Biometric readers mean users must be physically present at the door to gain access, with no risk of losing or sharing credentials. For restricted areas like pharmacies, laboratories, and storage areas, this solution improves security and monitoring. ievo fingerprint readers penetrate deeply into the surface of the skin and even work through some Latex gloves.

🫆 More reliable identity verification at sensitive entrances

🫆 Eliminates the risk of lost, stolen, or borrowed credentials

🫆 Creates clear access records linked to individual users