Seton Medical Center Williamson in Round Rock, Texas, has implemented a new infant tagging system to minimize false alarms and prevent infant abductions.
The new wireless sensors are attached to a newborn’s umbilical cord stump right after birth. So far, the new tags have been more successful than standard arm or leg bands.
The only way to remove the clap without injury is if medical personnel take them off or by waiting two weeks for the umbilical stump to fall off. The hospital recently finished a $40 million construction project at the medical center, which includes a new maternity services wing that will open in December. Other central Texas hospitals have also been making the switch as new facilities open.
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