Hospitals & Healthcare
Hospital Metal Detectors
Protecting lives where lives are saved.
Hospitals must remain open, welcoming, and fast-moving while still protecting patients, visitors, and healthcare workers. Garrett metal detection systems add a visible layer of security without turning critical entrances into bottlenecks.
Trusted experience for healthcare security
A Different Kind of Checkpoint
Keep the hospital welcoming while making it safer.
Healthcare security teams face a difficult balance. Main entrances need strong screening, but patients may be injured, families may be anxious, and staff need to move through the building quickly.
Garrett systems help hospitals create clear, repeatable screening procedures with fast primary detection and focused secondary screening when an alarm occurs.
Built Around Real Buyer Priorities
Security that fits the operation
The detector is only one part of the checkpoint. The complete process must support detection performance, throughput, staff workflow, and the people moving through it.
Protect the people who protect everyone else
Healthcare security has to balance access, urgency, dignity, and threat detection. The strongest checkpoint is one that finds dangerous metallic items quickly while keeping patients, families, and staff moving.
Keep entrances moving
Screen visitors, staff, and patients quickly at main entrances and other high-volume access points.
Support emergency care
Use fast primary screening and targeted secondary screening so urgent care is not buried under unnecessary delay.
Strengthen vulnerable areas
Extend screening to public entrances, isolated checkpoints, research areas, and other higher-risk locations.
Reinforce MRI safety
Use full-body metal screening as part of a broader MRI safety process to help identify metallic objects before entry.
Plan the Screening Program
Where Garrett fits
Build a layered process around the real traffic patterns and risk points in your facility.
Create a consistent first screening layer for visitors, staff, patients, and vendors entering the hospital.
Keep screening fast and flexible when urgency, traffic volume, and patient condition can change minute to minute.
Standardize protection across multiple public access points without creating a different process at every door.
Add a full-body metal check where metallic-object control is critical and every missed item matters.
Primary Screening
Walk-through detection built for the checkpoint
Garrett walk-through systems combine precise metallic threat detection with operator-friendly controls and flexible deployment.
Garrett Paragon®
The pinnacle of Garrett walk-through performance, built for precise threat detection and modern checkpoint operation.
- 66-zone pinpointing
- Ferrous/non-ferrous detection
- Zero Touch™ NFC capability
- Integration and networking options
Garrett Walk-Through Systems
Choose the Garrett platform that best fits your security level, operating environment, budget, and throughput needs.
- Multiple application programs
- Up to 200 sensitivity levels
- Mobile deployment options
- Made in the USA
Independent Recognition
Active Shooter Prevention Project Endorsement
Garrett security solutions are used in demanding public environments where dependable screening and practical checkpoint operation matter.
Checkpoint Intelligence
SecureFlow™ Kiosk
Give secondary screening staff a clear view of current walkthrough activity, recent alarms, and program settings. SecureFlow helps reduce wasted motion and keeps useful alarm information in front of the operator.
Healthcare Operations
Built for a facility that never really stops
Hospitals need security equipment that can live inside everyday healthcare operations. Placement, cleaning, staffing, and repeatable procedures all matter when equipment is used continuously.
Garrett screening systems support permanent or mobile checkpoints and can be incorporated into documented cleaning and operating procedures.
Secondary Screening
Fast, targeted hand-held detection
When a walk-through alarms, hand-held detectors help officers locate the target quickly and keep the lane moving.
Garrett Guide™
Next-generation secondary screening with selectable sensitivity, rechargeable power, and a large scan area.
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Garrett THD™
The THD provides pinpoint screening for patients in metal gurneys and wheelchairs.
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Layered Screening
Combine walk-through and hand-held detection to create a process that fits each entrance and risk level.
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Security that works in the real hospital
Security reinforcement
Visible screening helps deter weapons and gives staff a reliable frontline detection layer.
Streamlined process
High-throughput walk-through detection limits unnecessary delays at busy hospital access points.
Flexible response
Portable handhelds and mobile walkthroughs adapt to changing entrances, staffing, and risk levels.
Safety culture
Consistent screening reinforces expectations for staff, visitors, and patients throughout the facility.
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Talk with a Security Screening Specialist
Garrett solutions are designed to help healthcare facilities improve security without losing the speed, access, and human experience that hospitals depend on.
- Discuss deployment goals
- Review solution fit by facility type
- Explore detector, accessory, and program options
- Plan around throughput, staffing, and integration requirements
