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Sinai Infant and Child Security

What You Need to Know…

Kara Ward MS, RN, CPN 2017

Instructions

Please view this module in ‘Slide Show’ mode. After viewing the module, you will be given a link to a post-test that you will need to complete and print out the Verification of Completion. This link will not work properly if you are not in slide show mode.

Objectives

• Identify your role in infant/child security on secured nursing unit

• Identify common traits and behaviors of infant/child abductors

• Describe modes of infant/child transportation used in women's and children’s clinical areas at Sinai

• Identify your role in the event of infant/child abduction on your clinical unit

• Summarize teaching needs for family members

Prevention is the most important piece in dealing with infant abduction!

You are a key member of our security team while working on a secured Women’s and Children’s unit at Sinai

Objectives






Only employees with a red stripe should be carrying or handling infants and children

Don’t put stickers or other markings on badge to obstruct words or picture

Always wear your Sinai badge at chest level

Be aware that ALL employees and visitors in the Women’s and Children’s units at Sinai must wear a badge

Red Flag!

The badge access helps us to control who enters and exits secure units

Be watchful of doors!

DO NOT ever let employees or parents follow you through a door without badging or getting a pass from security

This is called piggybacking…and it is commonly used by abductors to get into a secure area

Objectives






Be alert for typical abductors!

Female, overweight, compulsive

Ages 14-48 years (childbearing years)

Emotionally immature

Have lost a baby or cannot have one

Live in local community

Often visit nursery or unit prior to abduction to plan

Impersonate a nurse or other hospital personnel

Suspicious Behaviors

Repeated visiting, just

to see an infant or

child

Babies who are being physically carried on the unit

Questions about

hospital routines,

procedures, floor layout

Persons who carry large packages,

duffel bags, off patient care areas

Suspicious Behavior

Abductors are known

to search out:

Rooms out of view from nurse’s station

Playrooms

Rooms close to stairwells, fire exits, elevators

Be aware of these areas on the unit where you are working

Abductors could create a

diversion in another areas

to facilitate an infant/child

abduction

At times of high activity

or confusion, be most

observant in monitoring

infants and children

Suspicious Behavior

Electronic Security Alarm System

If you have not already done so, you need to go through training on use of the system, and have a system administrator give you the required access


• By policy, all infants 4 months of age and younger are banded upon admission

• Exception: Intubated infants in PICU and infants in NICU/special care are not banded unless they are in the parent visitation rooms

• The band should be snug enough that it does not spin on the extremity, but it should not be too tight


• Remember, newborns lose weight in the first few days of life, so the tags may need to be tightened.

• Every time you “check your diaper, check your tag!”

1. Check the safety of infant and child

2. Fix problem (close door, tighten tag, extend transport, etc.)

3. Go to the system, type reason, and clear alarm

When you hear the alarm….

Security Alarm System

Be alert to anyone running

or carrying an infant in their arms

While working on a secured unit, please act immediately when you hear alarm system sounding or lights flashing

Our system is only as good as its users!

Objectives






Infant Transport

To assist in security and safety, always transport infants by : Bassinets in hospital BANDED parents

Nursing staff with a RED stripe on their badge

Most abductors carry the infants out in their arms and are easily spotted!

Be aware of expected security routines Ask parents

to help us in protecting their infants

Keep our clinical areas safe and secure

When working on Women’s and Children's clinical units….

…let’s work as a team

Code Pink!

As a nurse, you must report any missing infant or child or suspicion of an abduction IMMEDIATELY to the charge nurse and security.

The first few seconds are the most critical!

Code Pink! A “code pink” will be called over head and the unit will lock down

The security alarm system will sound and the lights will flash

Nursing and security will control all traffic in and out of the unit

Code Pink!

As part of the team, be aware of any suspicious behavior!

A person cradling a gym bag

A person talking to a gym bag

Movement from within a bag that someone is carrying

Anyone running or trying to sneak out a back exit

Objectives






Working in Secure Areas

It is our responsibility, our duty, to take reasonable care of our smallest patients, and prevent any harm

Be cautious and alert at all times

You can help keep our

hospital safe and secure

Objectives






Working with Families By informing parents and families about our security policies and routines, they can:

Be alert to suspicious activities

Decide when to have visitors

Feel less anxious about their stay

Post-Test To verify your knowledge from the training, please click on the link below and complete the Post-Test.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Infant_Child_Security_Post-Test

Note: After completing the post-test, you MUST PRINT the Verification of Completion page. You are responsible for giving this page to your instructor prior to starting your rotation. You will NOT be allowed on the unit until this verification has been turned in to Sinai by your instructor.




Documents

What You Need to Know… - LifeBridge Healthlifebridgehealth.org/.../InfantandChildSecurityforStudentNurses.pdf · • Identify your role in infant/child security on secured nursing