he Texas A&M Health Science
Center’s (HSC) Environmental
Health and Safety (EHS) and
Security offices are charged with ensjimng
the safety and security of all facllgty,
staff, students and visitors at eight
mpuses dispersed across Texas. This
ographical dispersal presents several
problems: 1) ensuring management and
ontrol of safety and security informaion;
2) consistently presenting campuspecific
safety and security information
through a single, simple-to-use portal;
and 3) designing the portal to ensure
that a user will see sufficient value in the
system to use it regularly.
The eduSafe mobile app was designed
to address all three of these problems by
providing rapid access to:
•campus-specific contact information;
•all emergency procedures without
requiring a data connection;
•a method through which to submit
nonemergency hazards or concerns;
•one-touch access to the
user's campus-specific security
desk;
•access to regularly used
research compliance information
and forms.
Creating expanded access
to safety and security information,
and adding value through
the inclusion of regular-use
information will help users
remember that they have access
to the emergency procedures
that can empower them
to handle many situations of
both an emergency and nonemergency
nature, regardless
of a data connection. The
HSC's safety and security departments
believe that this
"in-hand" approach is a best
practice and part of their mission
to continuously improve
and provide proactive safety.