Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-09-29 | Page 6 | Daily Health Service

DAILY HEALTH TH SE SERVICE SERVICE- VICE I Up to Safeguards Make I II II I It Improbable That Hospitals I II I Ever Get Bab Babies es Mixed I 9 By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia Hy Fly geia the Health Magazine At least once in every three or 01 four tour years rears the tho public is startled by 1 publicity relative to the charge that the infants born under hospital conditions have ave been confused through some some error in hospital 1 t tech tech- ehnle eh- eh nic and and- that the parents have been presented at their departure from I the institution with w th the offspring of ot some other ether family It is d doubtful that this accident ever occurs in any modern hospital since the methods that havo have been devised for controlling the situation areas areas sound as as any human achieve ment mente The he method m most st frequently used involves the writing of ot the mothers mother's name on a piece of or adhesive adhesive ad ad- tape which is then fastened to the back of the bab baby This tai tape is 15 put on the child as soon as Itis it itIs itIs Is born One of or the difficulties with the use of the tape is the fact that it itma ma nay may become becom soiled or or detached 1 In At the same ame tine time that th the tape is put on the bab baby a n. second piece o of tape similar r to the time first is attached to the wrist of or the mother Another method involves the use uso of or a a. necklace of oC beads made up of oC the letters rs of or the nie childs child's name name this being put around the childs child's ne neck k kand ann and clamped immediately after aftel birth In some somo institutions footprints footprints foot root prints of tho the chi child d are ago made immediately immediately imme imme- after birth and these footprints foot toot prints are arc part of ot tho the record of the childs child's birth and of or its weight Or Of course the record of or orthe th the weight atthe of at the tho child constitutes a a. method of or Identification since th the weight curves of oC the tho In fn individual are usually distinctive A Boston physician has recently su suggested the thc use of or army alumInum aluminum num identification disks which ar are punched 1 on opposite en ends and are arc stamped stampe 1 in between with serial numbers At the time of oC birth the name of tho the mother mother- is Is' put on the back of oC each ach disk dIsI When the child Is born one of the tIme disks is fastened to the infant and the other ther to the thc mother The Tho sJ be bear r. r duplicate serial numbers Any Anly An time the bab baby Is brought to the mother she can compare her serial number with that of oC the bab baby and make sure she has the right Infant Unfortunately ly scientific medicine has not discovered an any means of study of the blood which is quite certainly an identification of oC pater pater- It is possible in some cases to prove that a certain man could not possibly be the time father of ot the child but this is dependent on a determination Uon of at blood groups an anIn and andin andin in some instances all of or the persons involved seem to belong to the thea same a e group roup rendering tho the test Impractical