The experts recommend that staff who are allowed to take babies from mothers or the nursery wear a highly visible photograph identification badge. Colling has seen hospitals use clever informational reminders such as placing stickers on bathroom doors or tent cards on tables in the postpartum room. In addressing access control, Rabun recommends that the hospital form an interdisciplinary team of staff from nursing, risk management and security to determine how to secure entry points, including access to doors for visitors and staff. Colling says the hospital should use a designated public entry point and restrict access to all other entry points. Large units can have a secondary entry point, but at that entrance there should be a closed-circuit television system with a videotape record.
Experts identify the following as the three key steps to preventing infant abductions.