Infant abduction: taking a new look at "false" alarms
McKinnon, J.F.
Journal of Healthcare Protection Management Publication of the International Association for Hospital Security 24(1): 87-90
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0891-7930 PMID: 18409456 Document Number: 627516
Complacent responses by staff to repeated "false" alarms have resulted in circumventing infant protection systems by kidnappers, reports the author, who makes the case for taking a new approach to and new attitude about the purpose and functioning of hospital alarm systems. Rather than looking at a so-called false alarm as an unnecessary nuisance, we need to see it as an opportunity to test our total alarm response system and be grateful that it worked as it was intended, he demonstrates in this article.