After the RN is finished the initial assessment of a newborn baby and after the...

(A) The delivery room personnel are responsible for verifying time of birth. (B) The scrub and circulating nurses count sponges and instruments. (C) This intervention is done in the nursery. (D) Tagging the mother and infant with identical bands is of utmost importance. The mother wears one band, and the newborn wears two. Identical numbers on the three bands provide identification for the newborn and the birth mother. Every time the newborn is brought to the mother after delivery, those bands are checked to be sure that the numbers are identical.