Schlage Recognition Systems Biometric HandKeys Control Access at Beaumont Hospital (Troy, Mich.)
HandKey Hand Geometry Readers Provide High Security and Ease of Access for Physicians
December 4, 2002
Schlage Recognition Systems Biometric HandKeys Control Access at Beaumont Hospital (Troy, Mich.)
HandKey Hand Geometry Readers Provide High Security and Ease of Access for Physicians
CAMPBELL, CALIF. – December 4, 2002 – Schlage Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies’ Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), today announced that up to 500 users at Troy (Mich.) Beaumont Hospital are using approximately 15 HandKey readers, to positively identify users by the shape and size of their hands to control access to high security areas. All employees, including doctors, nurses, administrators and housekeeping staff, use the biometric readers.
Instead of verifying a card or code, the HandKey reader verifies the person who is at the entrance. Users enter their unique ID number on the HandKey’s keypad and present their hands to gain entry. Since implementing the biometric solution, Beaumont Hospital has realized a significant improvement in accountability.
“We wanted a system that would provide a higher level of security to prevent entry by unauthorized individuals,” explains Beaumont Hospital’s Chris Hengstebeck, director of security and parking and safety officer. “We primarily use hand geometry readers instead of card readers because they provide both high security and ease of access for our physicians.
“Our users appreciate the HandKeys. It makes them feel high-tech and privileged to have such state-of-the-art equipment in their hospital. Our physicians and employees only have to remember their ID numbers and present their hands. Biometric HandKeys combine the greatest security with ease of use and ensure accountability.”
The HandKey readers are networked into a Software House Secure 800 system. Hengstebeck can program the HandKeys as well as his proximity and magnetic stripe systems. At a moment’s request, he can query the system to see who has been at a specific HandKey reader and when. As a result, the HandKeys have been successfully used in the control of narcotics.
In 2003, upon completion of the hospital’s new 750,000-foot surgical and endoscopic expansion, Hengstebeck will implement another ten to 20 HandKey units for narcotics control.
The HandKey readers were provided by Electronic Security Systems/Mirku of Warren, Mich.
About Beaumont Hospital – Troy Campus
Beaumont Hospital, Troy Campus is a 226-bed community and teaching hospital with full inpatient and outpatient services plus a professional office building which houses physicians’ private practices and other hospital services. It is ranked among the nation’s busiest smaller community hospitals. Beaumont, Troy is affiliated with Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) which is a 997-bed tertiary care, teaching, research and referral hospital that has the highest number of inpatient admissions in the country. Beaumont’s medical staff includes more than 2,400 physicians representing more than 91 medical and surgical specialties.
About Schlage Recognition Systems
With over 70,000 hand geometry units throughout the world reading millions of hands each day, Schlage Recognition Systems, founded in 1986, is the pioneer of hand recognition technology used in access control, time and attendance and identification applications. The company is the world sales leader of biometric verification devices and serves an international clientele from its headquarters in Campbell, Calif. The hand geometry website is www.handreader.com. Phone is 408-341-4100. Schlage Recognition Systems is the biometric component of Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies’ Electronic Access Control Division. The Ingersoll Rand website is www.irco.com.
HandKey Hand Geometry Readers Provide High Security and Ease of Access for Physicians
CAMPBELL, CALIF. – December 4, 2002 – Schlage Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies’ Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), today announced that up to 500 users at Troy (Mich.) Beaumont Hospital are using approximately 15 HandKey readers, to positively identify users by the shape and size of their hands to control access to high security areas. All employees, including doctors, nurses, administrators and housekeeping staff, use the biometric readers.
Instead of verifying a card or code, the HandKey reader verifies the person who is at the entrance. Users enter their unique ID number on the HandKey’s keypad and present their hands to gain entry. Since implementing the biometric solution, Beaumont Hospital has realized a significant improvement in accountability.
“We wanted a system that would provide a higher level of security to prevent entry by unauthorized individuals,” explains Beaumont Hospital’s Chris Hengstebeck, director of security and parking and safety officer. “We primarily use hand geometry readers instead of card readers because they provide both high security and ease of access for our physicians.
“Our users appreciate the HandKeys. It makes them feel high-tech and privileged to have such state-of-the-art equipment in their hospital. Our physicians and employees only have to remember their ID numbers and present their hands. Biometric HandKeys combine the greatest security with ease of use and ensure accountability.”
The HandKey readers are networked into a Software House Secure 800 system. Hengstebeck can program the HandKeys as well as his proximity and magnetic stripe systems. At a moment’s request, he can query the system to see who has been at a specific HandKey reader and when. As a result, the HandKeys have been successfully used in the control of narcotics.
In 2003, upon completion of the hospital’s new 750,000-foot surgical and endoscopic expansion, Hengstebeck will implement another ten to 20 HandKey units for narcotics control.
The HandKey readers were provided by Electronic Security Systems/Mirku of Warren, Mich.
About Beaumont Hospital – Troy Campus
Beaumont Hospital, Troy Campus is a 226-bed community and teaching hospital with full inpatient and outpatient services plus a professional office building which houses physicians’ private practices and other hospital services. It is ranked among the nation’s busiest smaller community hospitals. Beaumont, Troy is affiliated with Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) which is a 997-bed tertiary care, teaching, research and referral hospital that has the highest number of inpatient admissions in the country. Beaumont’s medical staff includes more than 2,400 physicians representing more than 91 medical and surgical specialties.
About Schlage Recognition Systems
With over 70,000 hand geometry units throughout the world reading millions of hands each day, Schlage Recognition Systems, founded in 1986, is the pioneer of hand recognition technology used in access control, time and attendance and identification applications. The company is the world sales leader of biometric verification devices and serves an international clientele from its headquarters in Campbell, Calif. The hand geometry website is www.handreader.com. Phone is 408-341-4100. Schlage Recognition Systems is the biometric component of Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies’ Electronic Access Control Division. The Ingersoll Rand website is www.irco.com.
