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Catalog Number : ngd1400
Title : Infant Abduction: Preventing the Unthinkable Nightmare
Speaker : Sue Dill

Duration : 90 minutes

Webplay Recording Date : 4-12-2012
Webplay Price : $ 200 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

This webinar is a must to attend for any healthcare facility that would like to maintain a safe environment by preventing infant and pediatric abductions. This webinar will provide information on the Joint Commission and CMS standards on this topic and how to comply with their standards. It will discuss the five key physical, security, and other measures healthcare facilities can take to prevent abductions. An infant abducted from a healthcare facility would be a tragic event for both the parents and facility and a media nightmare. About 95% of infant abductions result in litigation. Make sure your facility is up-to-date on what it should be doing and when. You do not want the unthinkable nightmare of an infant or child abduction to happen at your facility. This webinar will discuss some recent infant abduction cases from hospitals and what might have prevented the abductions.

Webinar Objectives:

  • Discuss the important components of a good infant and pediatric abduction program including policies and procedures, training of staff and parents, controlling access, and development of a critical incident response plan
  • Describe what information should be communicated to the mother to minimize the risk of abduction
  • Recall that the Joint Commission and CMS Hospital has standards as they relate to infant and pediatric abduction

Target Audience:

OB and nursery nurses and nurse manager, pediatric nurses and nurse manager, chief nursing officer, risk manager, safety and security officers, security staff, patient safety officer, compliance officer, patient safety team members, consumer advocate, nurse educator, and any other person who is involved in keep pediatric patients and infants safe

Webinar Outline:

  • Introduction
  • Recent infant abductions or attempted
  • Data on total number of abductions
  • Infant abduction; a sentinel event
  • Case examples
  • CMS standards for hospitals
  • CMS survey process
  • Joint Commission Standards
    • EC.02.01.01 EP 9 infant and pediatric abduction
    • EM.01.01.01 Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
  • Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert
  • Six root causes of infant abduction
  • Sentinel event trends
  • Strategies for reducing risk
  • TJC FAQ on infant abductions and drills
  • Recommendations for drills
  • Sample FMEAs on infant abduction
  • Policy and procedure on prevention of child/infant abductions
  • Key steps to preventing
  • Liability issues
  • Historical perspective
  • National Center for Missing and Exploited Children documents
  • Self assessment tool for health care facilities
  • Typical abductor profile
  • Profile of an infant
  • Where abducted in healthcare setting
  • Total newborns/infants abducted in US and where
  • Educational material for parents
  • Signed form by mother
  • Birth announcements
  • Abductions from the home and violence
  • Key physical and security measures to take
  • Policies and procedures to put in place
  • Controlling access
  • Educating staff
  • Critical incident response plans
  • In summary
  • Resources
  • Mock drills
  • Parent handouts

Contact Hours:

  • Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 1.8 contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339.
  • All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 1.5 Hour Attendance Certificate for each program.

Completion of offering required prior to awarding certificate.

Refund Policy:

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.