During a patient surge caused by a community emergency, if security and traffic control issues have not been dealt with, a healthcare facility can be impacted or shut down, according to an article on the Security Info Watch website.
The resulting chaos could disrupt the ability to provide medical care.
It is crucial to identify those critical infrastructures and key resources of a healthcare facility prior to an emergency and understand what countermeasures will be needed for security sensitive areas of a hospital.
Healthcare facilities have areas that can be considered security sensitive. These areas are more likely to suffer from security-related problems than others. These hot spots are more vulnerable for a number of reasons including exposure to potentially malicious actions, patient populations, presence of valuables or materials of interest, etc.
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