St. Cloud Hospital has a comprehensive security system for hospitalized infants and children.

The safety of your infant is very important to us. Only Family Birthing Center personnel should take the baby from your room. Employees of this unit wear an ID badge with a pink border and the St. Cloud Hospital logo. A white coat is not adequate identification.

Do not leave your baby alone in your room. If you plan on walking in the halls or going to the patient lounge, place your baby in the crib and take him or her with you. If you plan to shower or use the bathroom, move the crib near the bathroom and leave the bathroom door open. Pull your privacy curtain in front of the doorway.

Question unfamiliar people entering your room or inquiring about your infant -- even if they are in hospital attire or seem to have a reason for being there. Alert the nurses’ station immediately of anyone suspicious.

Contact your nurse if anyone comes in and suggests it is time for tests or lab work you don’t know about. Always call the nurses’ station and notify them before anyone other than a nurse who you recognize takes the baby.

No one should carry your baby out of the room in their arms. Anyone trying to do so should be reported at once!

Know your nurses’ names.

Newborns and children under the age of two will have a security photo taken upon admission.
When your nurse brings your baby to you, he or she will ask you to read the number printed on your bracelet to ensure it matches your child's bracelet.

If you go to the nursery to get your baby, we will do the same identification procedure. Anyone picking up the baby from the nursery must be wearing the printed ID bracelet.

It may no longer be safe to use outdoor decorations to announce an infant’s arrival, such as balloons, large floral wreaths, wooden storks and other lawn ornaments.