Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital is implementing new safety guidelines to manage visitors, although the hospital said there is no security threat to the hospital, according to The Post Star.
Beginning Aug. 15, the hospital will close all of its doors to entry, save three locations. At those locations, visitors will be required to provide a photo ID to unarmed security officers at desks. The requirement will be phased in at each entrance during the next month. Visitors will also get a sticker denoting which floor they are visiting.
Glens Falls Hospital will also require visitors coming through the emergency department to show an ID, and will limit two visitors to each ED patient. The hospital expects its full visitor management system will be implemented by Sept. 12, with the ED protocol being changed Sept. 26.
Nearby Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center Hospital and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based Saratoga Hospital have not implemented a similar ID requirement, according to The Post Star.
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