St. Cloud Hospital Family Birthing Center and Children’s Center has a comprehensive security system that enhances the safety of infants and children who are hospitalized on the third floor.

The safety of your infant is very important to us. Therefore, only Family Birthing Center personnel should be taking the baby from your room. Employees of this unit will be wearing a name 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, you may place your baby in the bassinet and take him or her with you. You or a visitor should not carry your baby. If you plan to shower or use the bathroom, move the crib near the bathroom and leave the bathroom door open. Your privacy curtain can be pulled 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, she will ask you to read the name and number printed on your bracelet to ensure they match the name and number on your baby’s bracelet.

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

Consider the risk when permitting the announcement of your infant’s birth in the newspaper. Please note the St. Cloud Hospital does not provide this information to the St. Cloud Times. The use of outdoor decoration to announce the infant’s arrival, such as balloons, large floral wreaths, wooden storks and other lawn ornaments is not considered safe any longer.