Metal detection beginning at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional

SALISBURY, Md. – TidalHealth Peninsula Regional will begin enhanced security measures next week.

Renovations to the walk-in entrance to the Salisbury hospital’s emergency/trauma center began last fall, which included the installation of a metal detection system in a vestibule immediately outside the waiting area.

These renovations are now complete, and the hospital’s metal detection system will become operational on Monday, May 13th. Anyone entering the emergency/trauma center through the walk-in entrance will be screened before they are admitted to the waiting and registration areas.

TidalHealth officials are asking everyone to make sure they empty their pockets of cell phones, keys, smart watches, RFID-blocking wallets, steel toe footwear, vaping pens, and certain belts prior to screening. Purses and bags will also be subject to inspection.

A second layer of security has also been added that prevents patients and visitors from directly accessing the hospital from the emergency/trauma waiting area. As the emergency/trauma center becomes its own stand-alone unit, anyone needed to leave the area or enter the hospital will have to exit through the vestibule. Anyone returning will be rescreened before entering.