This morning, I got a call from a long-time client, a small medical facility. They needed to tell me that they are changing their restroom stock storage location (towels and TP); it had been in a locked closet, also containing their hard copy patient records. In a security review (something I wish more clients did regularly), they quite reasonably decided that limiting that closet's key access to only those dealing with patient records made good sense. So the TP and towels will be on a cart, down the hall.
Good call. The restroom stock is not of quite the same security concern as the paper records.
A while back, I had a high-end machine shop down in Chandler (we provide commercial janitorial service in the greater Phoenix metro area). If memory serves, the machine shop served the aerospace industry, a major segment of the Valley's economy. As one might expect, they had lots of really neat metal working tools scattered all over a large manufacturing area. Back in a corner there was a secured area - metal fenced off, padlocked shut. The tools remained out in the shop; the secured area was for restroom towels and TP.
Gotta keep security tight, and your priorities straight.
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