West Entrance Doors

Dental Tower image(Beginning January 23, 2025)
To help ensure the security of patients, visitors, and our college community, the dental tower’s west entrance doors are locked from 9pm to 5:30am on weekdays, weekends and UF holidays as are many other doors around the UF Academic Health Center.

UF has installed contactless door readers at these locations so UF faculty, staff, residents and students can gain access by using a mobile app on their phone or Apple watch; or your GatorOne card.To download the app:

Details:

  • Patients/visitors who arrive at the west entrance when it’s locked can contact UF Shands security via a phone; security can unlock the door remotely.
  • The main entrances at UF Health Shands (circle drive and the pediatric ER entrance) will remain open 24 hours a day; there are security personnel at those entrances.
  • At the west entrance, the UF reader is installed on a pole outside, right before you reach the doors. The UF reader is the one on the bottom. There is a reader just above it that is for Shands staff members (photo below).

unlock symbolFor scheduled events:

  • If you have an event scheduled for a time when the doors will be locked, and need the doors to remain unlocked for that event, please email UF Health Shands Security at least one week before your event.
  • Send the email to AccConTechs@shands.ufl.edu and to Daniel.taverne@ufhealth.org at least one week before your event. Include pertinent information like dates, times and your contact information.