title: A visitor control system for patients who were victims of violent crimes.
abstract: The dangers of further violence to patient victims of gang-related crime as well as violence against members of their families are frankly discussed in this article by the author who describes a special visitor control system he developed to prevent such violence from spreading into the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Northridge Medical Center, Northridge, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Bobby W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Bland
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence; D014789:Visitors to Patients