Infant protection: Advanced technology can ease the burden on healthcare security personnel
After a series of high-profile cases of missing children, the Reagan Administration established National Missing Children’s Day in 1983 to highlight the need to make child safety a priority. Every year on May 25, attention is given to policies and other efforts that reduce the risk of children going missing and focus on bringing missing children home.
Since 1964, an average of five to six infants have been abducted each year, with 42.6 percent of those abductions happening in health care facilities. Safety of infants after birth is as important as any prenatal safety efforts during the length of their stay in a hospital. Ensuring infant security is critical to not only the reputation of the hospital, but also to the peace of mind of every person there, from nursing staff to new parents.