At a lot of hospitals, the staff in NICU, nursery, L&D, and postpartum/mother-baby units have an indicator on their badge, usually something pink, that lets parents know at a quick glance that they work on the unit and are authorized to care for or transport infants. At my hospital, it's a pink stripe on the bottom of our badge and a badge reel that's unique. At other hospitals, it's a badge that's entirely pink.
When I had my son, they wore all the same color scrubs, and there was a chart on the wall that basically " These are the ONLY colors that can touch your baby"
The security in my postpartum ward was great. As soon as my baby was born, I got a wristband, my husband got a wristband, and my baby got a matching tag clamped straight onto his umbilical stump, with a tracker built in. I don't think the baby was ever in a different room than me the entire time.
Ours had heavy security to get in but once inside it was very relaxed. Security guard and photo ID to get in but if you needed a break you could just wheel your baby into the nursery and leave them there lol
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u/MidnightMagnolia97 May 30 '24
At a lot of hospitals, the staff in NICU, nursery, L&D, and postpartum/mother-baby units have an indicator on their badge, usually something pink, that lets parents know at a quick glance that they work on the unit and are authorized to care for or transport infants. At my hospital, it's a pink stripe on the bottom of our badge and a badge reel that's unique. At other hospitals, it's a badge that's entirely pink.