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A baby\u2019s first footprint, taken at the hospital just moments after birth, is a keepsake many parents treasure. But now their value goes far beyond the baby book.<\/p>\n

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Theodore Campbell McDonald protests his footprint being taken at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. PVH and UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies are using an electronic scanning system for newborn footprints. The scanning doesn\u0092t hurt the baby. The digital files are stored in a database for the lifetime of the child.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UCHealth teamed up with CertaScan Technologies to have two of its hospitals be the first in Colorado to electronically scan a baby\u2019s footprints, providing an electronic identification record that can be used for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

\u201cFootprints have a ridge pattern that stays the same through a person\u2019s life. The space between those ridges changes, but the uniqueness in the pattern does not,\u201d said David Yarnell, CEO of CertaScan Technologies.<\/p>\n

Minutes after birth, scans are taken of both the mom\u2019s index fingers and the newborn\u2019s footprints. Jane Campbell said she watched across the room as her newborn son, Theodore, born at 9:52 a.m. Oct. 14, was quickly scanned.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, being across the room and having those little footprints pop up on the screen was so cool,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Campbell delivered at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital<\/a> in Fort Collins. UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies<\/a> is also using the new technology.<\/p>\n

Campbell was delighted to know she could access those footprints via the CertaScan website. She can print and edit her first keepsake for Theodore\u2019s baby book. She was also thrilled to learn that they\u2019d be on record for life.<\/p>\n

With this new live-scan technology \u2014 the same used for fingerprinting \u2014 we are able to take newborn footprints and store them in a database that can later be used to help identify the baby in emergency situations, said Laura Hall, clinical director for Women\u2019s and Pediatric care for UCHealth in northern Colorado.<\/p>\n

Why newborn footprints?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The mother\u0092s fingerprints are taken and recorded with the newborn footprints for better identification records.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Easier to capture than a newborn\u2019s clenched handprint, newborn footprints began to be recorded around 1960, according to a New York Times article<\/a>. The newborn footprints, along with a mother\u2019s fingerprints, became part of the hospital\u2019s records as a requirement by states to help prevent mix-ups in hospital nurseries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they found in the 1980s is less than 5 percent of the newborn footprints could be used for identification,\u201d Yarnell said. \u201cSo the law changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children<\/a> still recommends that hospitals capture a baby\u2019s footprints. According to 2016 survey done by the center, about 90 percent of hospital still do so, but through traditional ink-and-paper or inkless paper method.<\/p>\n

The need for identification<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While not a common crime, according to NCMEC, the abduction of an infant from a health care facility is still a subject of concern. To help prevent a newborn leaving the hospital with anyone other than the parents, hospitals have systems in place, including wristband alarm systems.\u00a0The electronically scanned footprint is an added security measure that has a lifelong benefit, Yarnell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn electronic record of a newborn\u2019s footprint could help in situations like in Tempe, Arizona, where a baby was found in a shopping cart,\u201d he said. \u201cOr in cases of natural disasters \u2014 hurricanes, floods, fires \u2014 where a child may be found not with the parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Put to good use once more<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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A nurse scans the newborn\u0092s identification bracelet prior to scanning his feet so that records are filed together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By working with the NCMEC, CertaScan has created a national database of all the newborns scanned by their system. CertaScan is currently the only company providing this service to hospital birthing centers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf ever a baby is found, law enforcement knows to call the NCMEC. Then they will contact us to look into the database,\u201d Yarnell said.<\/p>\n

PVH and MCR are two of the 72 U.S. hospitals using the new technology. As of September 2018, about 160,000 babies\u2019 identifications were filed in the database, he said. And about 10,000 being added each month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lifetime benefit for the family,\u201d Hall said about the new method. \u201cThese footprints provide a line of security for the rest of their life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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