As facilities return to work while COVID-19 remains present, there is a real need to take effective prevention and control measures to reduce the risk of the virus spreading. Effective prevention and control are essential, but there are also a number of physical security solutions that can help reduce exposure.
Convergint has solutions to manage this risk and help reduce the spread and facilitate contract tracing, should an infection occur. Below are three touchless solutions that can easily be implemented at facilities to reduce transmission through contact with contaminated surfaces. These touchless solutions create a safer facility in a post-COVID-19 environment.
Touchless Door Release
Most access control doors need a “request for exit”or door release button. Traditionally, this requires users to have physical contact with a push button, but new solutions offer contactless switch activation via touchless buttons activated by motion sensors.
Key Features
Motion-sensing technology
“Wave” activation or “close contact” sensor
Customized range of activation distance
LED light to show activation
Mobile Access
Mobile access control is not a new solution but has gained a lot of traction in the last few months. Leading access control manufacturers provide mobile credential solutions that are safe, secure, convenient, and touchless.
Providing enhanced security and reduced risk of contamination, mobile credentials can also be deployed rapidly and maintained remotely, both advantages in the current environment and moving forward.
Long-range mobile access can also help ensure employees maintain safe social distancing, another effective prevention.
Automatic Swing Door Opener
Once the access point has been unlocked, automatic doors can be adopted to reduce the risk of transmission from touching a contaminated door handle or push plate.
Automatic swing door openers can be easily installed on a new or existing door is a quick and easy way to achieve touchless access control.
Key Features
Ensure that doors will not close on someone in the doorway with safe sensors
Available for double-leaf or single-leaf doors
Doors can be opened in either direction
Suitable for heavyweight doors
Suitable for installation on doors with various lock types, such as electric mortise locks, electric strike locks, and electromagnetic locks
These access control solutions are easy additions to existing physical security and help facilitate a safe work environment that can help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
