CAMPBELL, CALIF. - February
28, 2007 - Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that Hays House
Nursing Center in Nowata, Okla. is using its biometric HandPunch reader to input
time and attendance for tracking its 100 employees. As a result, the nursing
home is better equipped to both control payroll costs and ensure that the right
employees are working at the right times.
"We had been using an old card system for years, but the clocks were breaking
down and parts were becoming more and more expensive to replace," reports
Hays House Nursing Center Administrator Charlie Larson. "We decided on
the hand scanner three years ago for its reliability and durability. Everything
is electronic, which has cut down tremendously on paper costs. It just makes
life simpler."
The HandPunch reader automatically takes a three-dimensional reading of the
size and shape of a hand and verifies the user's identity in less than one second.
The Hays Nursing Center uses one HandPunch unit per approximately 100 employees.
The center is part of a group of nursing centers based in Oklahoma. Ten of the
centers use HandPunch terminals to track time and attendance for their employees.
With the HandPunch unit, Larson is able to produce a daily overtime report that
alerts him to problems right away, rather than waiting for payroll processing
to spot problems. He also gets a daily report that tells him who worked the
day before, when they arrived and when they left.
The Nowata facility is licensed for 112 beds and is approximately 30,000 square
feet. All employees enter and exit by one main door. The HandPunch unit was
easily installed in a staff room.
"There was a lot of excitement around the hand reader when it was first
installed," Larson notes. "Employees liked it because all they had
to do was enter their number and then present their hand. Previously, we had
a huge rack for timecards and it sometimes took a long time for employees to
find their cards."
Compu-Time Corporation of Oklahoma City, Okla. implemented the center's time
and attendance solution. The HandPunch interfaces with NOVAtime time and attendance
software.
"Previously, Hays House was using a timecard system. They wanted more flexibility
for changing shifts and the ability to overcome buddy punching," notes
Bob Dover of Compu-Time. "We chose NOVAtime software to work with the HandPunch
units because it produces a 'Quality of Care' report that is required of the
nursing home industry. This report reflects the number of certified professionals
per shift, such as LVNs, RNs, and CMAs. There must be a certain number of health
care specialists available on each shift, depending on the number of residents."
Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems was named a recent recipient of the Application
Market Penetration Leadership Award for access control and time and attendance
applications in Frost & Sullivan's study, World Biometrics Market. Website
is www.recognitionsystems.ingersollrand.com.