Children's Health
Profiling an Infant Abductor & How Hospitals Can Help Prevent Infant Abduction
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Jan 6, 2012 - 5:02:42 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - On Jan. 4, 2012, a woman posing as a hospital employee attempted to steal a two-day-old infant from an Atlanta hospital. Luckily an alarm and two alert hospital employees stopped this from happening.

-- Every year the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children works
with hospitals nationwide to train them in protecting infants and
implementing stringent security measures.
-- Our infant safety expert John Rabun worked with the Southern Regional
Medical Center in May of 2001. John Rabun's assessment of the hospital
staff was that they were extremely pro-active in making sure they had
the best systems in place to prevent this type of crime. It was likely
because of the hospital's preparedness that this incident ended as well
as it did.
-- Mr. Rabun can answer questions about safety measures that hospitals
should be taking and can provide the typical profile of an infant
abductor.
-- It has been 20 months since an infant was abducted from a hospital
health care facility in the United States.
-- Every year there are approximately 4.3 million births in the United
States at more than 3,500 birthing facilities.
-- In 2009, there were 11 infant abductions, three from healthcare
facilities and all were recovered unharmed.
-- In 2010, there were four infant abductions, one from a healthcare
facility and all were recovered unharmed.
-- In 2011, there were eight abductions. None were from healthcare
facilities and all were recovered unharmed.

CONTACT: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, +1-703-837-6111, media@ncmec.org

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