title: The key to security is a balancing act.
abstract: Grant Macdonald, managing director at supplier of mechanical and electronic door locks, Codelocks, examines some of the important issues for healthcare estates and facilities personnel considering how best to protect parts of a healthcare facility--large or small--given the need to minimise costs and not "over-specify" on security, while simultaneously ensuring that patients, staff, and hospital property, are safeguarded.
authors.affiliation: Codelocks.
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D001107:Architectural Accessibility / Q000379:methods*; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012637:Security Measures; D006113:United Kingdom