Speaking of access control management in scientific research laboratories [covering your face], it is not only a simple matter of who can enter and who cannot enter – it involves the security of bottles, bottles, jars, high-end instruments and equipment in the laboratory, but also the most important issue of whether the experimental data will be randomly flipped by irrelevant people! Now many units say that their access control system is so advanced, but when it is actually used, it is either because they have no response after swiping a card for a long time and are anxious, or the permissions are set in a mess. Those who should enter cannot enter, and those who should not enter are more comfortable. This kind of headache-in situation is really common! Provide global procurement services for weak current intelligent products! If you want to truly make the laboratory access control management safe and convenient, you have to calculate it from the most fundamental needs little by little, and you can't just look at the fancy functional settings on the surface.
To understand what the laboratory access control system is, you must first understand that it is not the same as the access control that is casually installed at the entrance of our community – it is not simply "beep" and it will be fine. The laboratory access control system is essentially a comprehensive management system that can strictly control the entry and exit of personnel, and can also record in detail who entered which room at what time/what equipment was touched! The most core pain points it needs to solve include several real aspects:
1. ▶ The problem of accurate identification of personnel identity! In the laboratory, there must be researchers, temporary foreign visitors, and technicians who repair machines, people of various identities walking around, but how can we ensure that only authorized people can enter specific areas with important things? This is a big problem
2. ▶ The issue of flexibly adjusting permissions~ For example, a student may just help with laboratories in Laboratory A today, and maybe he has to go to Laboratory B to participate in another important project research tomorrow. At this time, his access control permissions cannot remain in the old state of the previous two days? If you can't adjust in time, it will be too delayed in your work
3. ▶ The problem of recording and accountability of key operations… If one day one missing a bottle of precious reagents in the laboratory, or if an important experimental instrument was damaged by someone who didn't know how to operate it, if the access control system did not record these key entry and exit information and abnormal situations in detail, it would be really reasonable and could not be clear, and it would be impossible to find who did it.
Currently, access control identification technology suitable for laboratory use is mainly common on the market. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. You have to calculate and choose according to the actual situation of the laboratory:
1. ▶ The old card swiping/password recognition method: The advantage of this method is that it is relatively cheap and it is not troublesome to install; but the disadvantage is that it is easy to lose a handful of cards by grabbing one handful of cards, and it is easy to be known by irrelevant people when they pass the passwords. And there is no way to accurately determine whether the person swiping the card and the card are actually operating the same person, which is very unsafe!
2. ⌚ Fingerprint/face biometric methods: The advantage of this method is that its security has been greatly improved at once. After all, everyone’s fingerprints and face shape are unique and cannot be copied casually; however, its disadvantage is that the equipment is more expensive when buying it, and if someone is injured in his fingers, or has heavy makeup on his face, it cannot be recognized for a long time, and it is quite anxious to wait!
3. ▶ Wireless sensing method for mobile APP/Bluetooth: This method is quite fashionable and convenient to use, and you don’t need to carry cards, keys, etc. with you; but it also has disadvantages! If the phone suddenly runs out of power and turns off, or if the signal is not easy to sense, then you have to stand at the door and can't get in. What should I do if it delays at that time
When installing and using the laboratory access control system, there are still some unexpected small details that are not noticed, which may greatly reduce the effect of the entire system and spend money in vain.
1. ▶ For door locks, you must choose one with "anti-trailing" function! Because some bad intentions will sneak behind people to sneak into the laboratory while the person with authority is opening the door. If this happens, it will be more scary than losing something! You should know that even a short delay of 0:00 seconds may give some bad elements the opportunity to take advantage of the "anti-trailing" function, which is to judge whether someone is coming in, so as to issue an alarm or directly close the door and completely block the bad elements outside!
2. ▶ Pay special attention to the installation position of the card reader at the door~ Do not install it too low, otherwise people will easily be secretly seen by passers-by or passers-by when they bent down to swipe their cards! It cannot be installed too high, as short people cannot reach it, and it is inconvenient to generally install it at a place about 1.2 to 1.4 meters above the ground. It is a suitable and best position.
3. ▶ It is best to connect the system with other equipment in the laboratory~ For example, if the access control system can be connected to key instruments such as refrigerators and incubators in the laboratory, when a person without permission tries to open these important instruments, the access control system will immediately issue an alarm and notify the laboratory management personnel at the same time. This is equivalent to adding a very reliable "protective lock" to the safety of the laboratory! Are you very smart? Provide global procurement services for weak current intelligent products!
Some people who are just beginning to get in touch with the laboratory access control system may have some questions that they don’t understand or can’t figure out. Here are a few questions that are asked more to answer them briefly, so that everyone can understand more clearly in their hearts:
Q: How long does the laboratory access control record need to be kept to meet the requirements?
A: According to relevant regulations, it must be kept for at least 3 months! If there are often some secret projects that need to be kept confidential in the laboratory, it is best to keep them for half a year or even longer. If something really needs to be investigated in the future, these records are very important evidence, so don't delete them casually
Q: Do visitors who come to the laboratory to visit temporarily have to apply for a temporary access card for him every time? Wouldn’t this be very troublesome and a waste of costs? Is there a simpler and more convenient way
A: Nowadays, many advanced and easy-to-use access control systems support very powerful functions such as "temporary authorization QR code"! Before entering the door, the visiting guest only needs to ask the relevant experimenter responsible for receiving him to generate a one-time QR code with time limit. The guest can successfully open the door and enter by scanning the corresponding device with his mobile phone. In this way, there is no need to spend extra money to make cards, nor do they have to worry about accidentally losing the temporary card or being taken by the guest to swipe the card everywhere and enter some places that should not be entered. It is more worry-free.
Q: If the power outage suddenly breaks down, will the access control system lock people in the laboratory and get out of the way? This is so scary
A: Regular and qualified laboratory access control systems must have the safety protection function of "automatically opening the door when power is cut off"! This is the most basic safety requirement, so there is no need to worry about being trapped in the laboratory, which is a frightening situation~ After all, safety is always the first priority.
I personally think that the laboratory access control system is definitely not a simple device that can be smooth when you buy it and transfer it to the door and power it on. It is more like a "safety butler" who needs to plan and design and carefully adjust and optimize according to the specific situation of each unit's laboratory! Instead of waiting for a problem to be secretly remediated, it is better to spend more time and invest a lot of money from the beginning, and choose a truly reliable access control system that can solve the actual problems of the laboratory – after all, no matter how much the laboratory safety is paid attention to, it is still worth it!
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