Amber Alert credited with return of abducted newborn

I am thankful the child is back with its parents. Why didnt the hospital lockdown occur as soon as the information was obtained? Would she have still gotten out of the hospital with the infant?

only 1% of abducted children survive stranger abductions, according to the article

thank goodness for the infant's safe return

Our hospital uses HUGS tags (baby lojack) but is not always perfect because the tags can be slipped off.

Once in a great while we run "tests" where someone unknown to staff but known to management is asked to try to leave the hospital with a "baby". Once we had one slip through because the person tucked the doll under her coat and it wasn't noticed.

All of our staff are encouraged to question anyone carrying a baby in arms or anyone carrying something big enough to hide a baby when an alarm is going off. Everyone from nursing to housekeeping to admissions and maintenance staff is in on the plan for infant abduction.

Sounds like this abduction happened when everyone thought it was someones job to keep an eye out and no one did.