Baby Daniella Helps Mark National Milestone of 1.5 Million Scans

Glendale — The birth of Daniella Luna on November 16, at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, was a deeply personal celebration for her parents—and a meaningful moment in the ongoing advancement of newborn safety across the United States.

Abby Luna, a 34-year-old registered nurse who has worked at Abrazo Arrowhead for several years, chose the hospital’s CertaScan Technologies digital foot printing system for her baby without hesitation.

“It’s about safety in today’s world and using the most advanced technology available to capture her footprints,” said Luna. “These high-resolution digital records not only provide lifelong protection, but also create beautiful, personalized keepsakes we can treasure forever to celebrate her birth.”

The CertaScan Infant Safety System, now used in more than 160 hospitals nationwide, has recorded high-resolution digital footprints for more than 1.5 million newborns—replacing traditional ink-and-paper methods that remain in use at approximately 65 percent of U.S. hospitals and are often smudged, incomplete, or unusable for actual identification.

“In less than three minutes, the non-invasive, mess-free process captures detailed footprints, a facial photograph of the infant for visual matching, and the mother’s index fingerprint,” said Laura Brooker, Supervisor for Couplet Care, Abrazo Arrowhead Campus.

The resulting biometric-quality images are permanently stored in a secure cloud database, enabling accurate identification if ever needed while allowing parents to access their child’s records to create custom birth announcements, jewelry, and other fun mementos.

“We are proud to offer families the gold standard in newborn identification,” said Brooker. “Outdated 20th-century ink methods no longer meet modern safety needs. Hospitals that prioritize innovation are adopting digital foot printing as a core patient-safety practice because it simply works better—for security, accuracy, and family satisfaction.”

According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, footprints have been instrumental in resolving numerous infant abduction cases since records began in 1983.

Although enhanced hospital security protocols have dramatically reduced such incidents, the superior clarity and permanence of digital records provide an additional critical layer of protection in rare but high-stakes situations, including natural disasters and national security registries.

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, the first hospital in Arizona to implement the CertaScan system in 2019, continues to lead regional adoption of advanced infant protection technologies.