Posted by Accutech on March 10, 2014 9:25 am
Modern hospitals and nursing facilities use an array of computer and software driven technology to provide top-notch care. Storing and accessing medical records, monitoring, communication as well as security are all dependent on the speed and reliability offered by computers. But what happens when these machines fail? As the story of Banner Health’s computer problems…
Topics: Cuddles, News, ResidentGuard
Posted by Accutech on June 7, 2013 3:36 pm
Nurses who specialize in caring for new mothers and infants share in tremendous joy, wonder and gratitude as well as anxiety and grief as a regular part of their workday. They are engaged and committed to providing extraordinary patient care both in terms of clinical outcomes and human compassion. Neonatal nursing staff meet the rigors…
Posted by Accutech on April 8, 2013 12:57 pm
Hospital maternity wards and birthing centers must address the potential threat of abduction with security measures that track and protect their newborn patients. To safeguard against this threat, facilities deploy security systems designed specifically to maintain safety of infants in obstetric and pediatric departments using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. With a transmitter chip attached…
Posted by Accutech on February 25, 2013 11:56 am
Babies switched at birth – the story strikes fear into the heart of every parent. In December 2012 in Minneapolis, new mother Tammy Van Dyke’s day-old baby was accidentally placed in the incorrect bassinet on the morning they were to be sent home together. He was given to the wrong mother and breastfed before the…
Posted by Accutech on October 16, 2012 12:14 pm
Thankfully, infant abductions are a rarity. But it does happen and 2012 has seen its fair share. Although all of the abducted infants were recovered, one of them tragically ended in the death of the mother.
Posted by Accutech on September 14, 2012 8:42 pm
The August abduction attempt of an infant in Pittsburgh was thankfully not succcessful and three-day old Bryce Coleman was recovered unharmed within hours and returned to his mother.
Posted by Accutech on September 7, 2012 10:47 am
August Saw One Successful Abduction and Another Attempted Abduction, highlighting the need for the Accutech Cuddles Infant Protection System
Posted by Accutech on April 26, 2012 2:27 pm
The tragic April 2012 infant abduction case in Texas in which a young mother was murdered and her three-day old son was taken highlights the lengths at which someone will go to obtain a child.
Posted by Accutech on March 21, 2012 4:17 pm
Parents of newborns at Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Georgia are feeling an added measure of comfort as the Medical Center is the latest facility to install the Cuddles infant protection system exclusively from Accutech Security.
Posted by Accutech on March 5, 2012 4:20 pm
It can be a care facility’s worst nightmare. An Alzheimer’s patient has managed to elude care providers and walked away from the site. Or someone not authorized to have the child has taken an infant from a maternity ward. This can be a devastating experience for healthcare workers and even more so for the patient…
Topics: Cuddles, Kidz, News, ResidentGuard, RFID
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