Access Control · Troubleshooting guide
What is the best way to handle temporary badges?
Substitutes, contractors and agency staff need access for a day, not forever. Here is how to keep that from eating admin time.
Monarch team
Draft · Oct 30, 2026 · 5 min read
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Keep a small pool ready
Pre-made badges that you assign and take back are faster than creating a new credential each time.
Let access expire on its own
Set an end date when you hand the badge over, so nothing depends on someone remembering to turn it off.
Review monthly
A quick look at which temporary badges are still active catches the ones that slipped through.
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IT operations
We issue these every week for substitute teachers. The expiring pool idea is what we are moving to.
Security operations
Same approach works for agency nurses. We label the badges by shift so the front desk can hand them out.