Code pink in a hospital is the code for a possible abducted or missing infant that is less than 12 months of age.
If you hear code pink in a hospital, it means that an infant under 12 months of age has been possibly abducted or can be just missing.
As more information is given to hospital security, updated announcements will also be made and they will also call 911 if they believe that an infant is abducted or missing.
When the baby goes missing in the hospital, it triggers an immediate and comprehensive security lock down and search for the baby.
The pink alert for the missing baby or abducted baby involves contacting police, locking down exits and using identification systems, like tags and ID bands to find the baby.
While rare, the hospital abductions are serious security issues which require swift action to recover the baby and identify the abductor or perpetrator, who is usually someone posing as hospital staff or even family.
A code blue in a hospital means that the patient is having a life threatening medical emergency, which could be cardiac arrest or even respiratory arrest that requires immediate resuscitation.