BABY SECURITY
In many cases of infant abduction, the abductor is a member of the immediate family and baby security should encompass this aspect while maintain an open door policy.
Estrangements of either parent or the immediate family, substance abuse are all contributory to the problem as well as strong local social pressures that challenge the growing responsibility of a healthcare facility to control baby security.
Where a stranger is involved in compromising baby security in most instances it is female between 12 and 45 years of age. Usually relies on manipulation and deception and lives in or near the community where the abduction takes place.
Initially visits the maternity unit and asks detailed questions about procedures and the layout. Frequent visits define the busy most vulnerable times of day when staff would be under pressure and distracted. In some cases impersonates a nurse or other allied healthcare personnel having becomes familiar with healthcare staff members, work routines, and parents. The abduction is usually opportunistic with no specific infant targeted.
No infant abductor will fit this description to a busy unit applying best clinical methods of care they just blend in to the background. Baby security has to be hands free from clinical care to be effective.
Prevention is the best defence against infant abductions.
Estrangements of either parent or the immediate family, substance abuse are all contributory to the problem as well as strong local social pressures that challenge the growing responsibility of a healthcare facility to control baby security.
Where a stranger is involved in compromising baby security in most instances it is female between 12 and 45 years of age. Usually relies on manipulation and deception and lives in or near the community where the abduction takes place.
Initially visits the maternity unit and asks detailed questions about procedures and the layout. Frequent visits define the busy most vulnerable times of day when staff would be under pressure and distracted. In some cases impersonates a nurse or other allied healthcare personnel having becomes familiar with healthcare staff members, work routines, and parents. The abduction is usually opportunistic with no specific infant targeted.
No infant abductor will fit this description to a busy unit applying best clinical methods of care they just blend in to the background. Baby security has to be hands free from clinical care to be effective.
Prevention is the best defence against infant abductions.
