National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Guidelines on preventing abduction of infants from the hospital. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Abstract
With the goal of preventing crimes against children, the NCMEC--in cooperation with the FBI, the IAHSS, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing--has studied infant abductions from hospitals and other sites, and considers them preventable in large part by "hardening the target."
Source and rights
Published by Journal of healthcare protection management : publication of the International Association for Hospital Security, 1992. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Organisation
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- Published
- 1992
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Journal of healthcare protection management : publication of the International Association for Hospital Security
- PubMed
- 10121327
- Added to Prognia
- 16 July 2026
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