Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) has installed a new and innovative Infant Safety System developed by CertaScan Technologies. The proprietary system allows the hospital to capture high resolution newborn footprints which can be used for precise identification in situations such as an abduction, lost baby or natural disaster. ARMC is the first hospital in Southern California to provide this advanced service to moms and the community it serves.
The Newborn Safety System — which uses LiveScan Technology — has garnered the attention and praise from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and has been included as a recommendation for hospitals in its most recent Infant Security Guidelines. The System is entirely safe for use on babies and provides outstanding footprint quality.
The digital footprints and security photo can be stored efficiently in the newborn’s electronic medical record. And, much like fingerprints, footprints are a biometric, and unique to each baby, so they can be used for identification throughout a lifetime. In addition, each new mom receives an attractive certificate of her newborn’s footprint during her stay. When she returns home, she can visit www.firstfootprint.com to enhance the certificate with colors, different fonts and borders. She can also download a digital copy of her baby’s footprint. These additional benefits are provided as a gift from ARMC at no cost to moms.