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Abstract

A system and component parts thereof are provided for monitoring a controlled area in a maternity or other healthcare facility. Access-ways to and from the controlled area are each provided with an access-way monitoring station and all infants and mothers subject to monitoring are provided with an infant mother station of a cooperant pair thereof. Each of the infant and mother rations has attachment means enabling secure attachment thereof to the body of the infant or mother. All stations have communication means enabling wireless communication of identification data directly between them. The infant and mother stations recognize unique identification data transmitted by one to the other of such stations, and indicator means such as an LED indicate that recognition of the unique identification data has taken place so as to result in positive identification to the mother station of the associated infant station. The access-way monitoring stations repeatedly interrogate all infant stations within a short range and check that the corresponding mother station is also present within that range. If not, an alarm is given.

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