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Needle No's
Has there ever been
a time that you would not let a patron into the seating area if they
were carrying a hypodermic needle? If yes, can you tell me under what
circumstances and what you required they do with their needle?
Robyn
Williams, CFE
Executive Director
Portland Center for the Performing Arts
Portland, Oregon
As hypodermic needles are
very easy to conceal, I don’t believe that we have identified a patron
bringing one into the building. If identified, we would not allow the
needle to enter the building. If, for medical purposes, the patron
needed immediate access to the needle, our on-site ETM would hang on to
it and return it as the patron departed the facility.
Debbie Kling
General Manager
QWEST ARENA Boise, Idaho
Our policy is to first ascertain if the syringe is for a valid medical
reason (such as insulin injection) and, if so, we will allow it to be
brought on premises. We do keep a needle disposal container in our
security offices and first aid rooms if a needle needs to be disposed
of. When the needle disposal container gets full, we have the fire
department dispose of it. Obviously, if a determination is made that the
needle is for illegal drug use, then we involve the police and they deal
with the situation and, in that case, the needle would not be allowed in
our facility.
Jay Green, CFE
Director
Phoenix Convention Center Phoenix, Arizona
We would not allow it, generally. If there is a serious medical issue,
we might check it at guest services, depending upon the circumstances.
We have never seen it as an issue, though, in our seven years.
Bob Hunter, CFE
Executive Vice President & General Manager
Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario
We really don’t have a written policy on this and we have only
encountered a couple of situations where someone has had a hypodermic
needle with them. We usually ask if it is diabetes related and if they
have a card with them noting their condition.
Lionel Dubay
Director
Stephen C. O’Connell Center University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Establish their legitimate medical need and then allow access. Monitor
the situation in a low-key manner and document.
Carl St. Clair, CFE
Senior Consultant/Project Manager
Compass Facility Management, Inc.
Yukon, Oklahoma
They need to prove legitimate medical need and then we allow in the
needle. We have a few guests who use needles on a regular basis. One of
them is a sponsor’s son who is in a wheelchair and uses a specific
restroom every night to handle his injections.
Brad Mayne, CFE
President/CEO
Center Operating Company, LP
American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
I have never caught anyone but would consider the needle a weapon and
not allow it. If we deemed it a realistic medical necessity, we would
have first aid hold it until after the show.
Dale Adams, CFE
General Manager
Coliseo de Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
We allow legitimate medical needles in. They must go to the first aid
room and use them. The first aid room medical staff have a disposal
system in place for all needles so we don’t have to worry about them
being thrown into the trash.
Frank Russo, CFE
Senior Vice President
Global Spectrum
Glastonbury, Connecticut
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