New Parent and Visitor ID Process for Inpatient Units
A modified badge-issuing process for inpatient parents and visitors begins this month to further protect patients, families and staff by verifying that anyone who is in an inpatient area has reason to be there.
Please be diligent about wearing visible identification, as anyone seen without it will be questioned. Later this year, badges will be issued at main hospital entrances.
New badges affix to a special backing which “expires” after either eight hours (for visitors) or one week (for parents). An expired badge will be easy to notice — red lines will bleed through after the appropriate time. One-week “caregiver” badges are also being added. Caregivers are trusted individuals designated by parents who can be with their child any time. One week badges will be attached to bright orange lanyards, making it easy to identify our parents and caregivers; eight-hour badges will affix to clips.
Initially badges will be handwritten, but new technology will be installed later this year that automates badge creation by scanning photo ID like a driver’s license or passport, or by typing in that information.