WASHINGTON, D.C. – The holiday season is approaching, and families are preparing to visit friends and family. Each year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns parents and caregivers of small children to keep infants’ sleep space safe and offers safe sleep space tips. This year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has teamed up with […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The holiday season is approaching, and families are preparing to visit friends and family. Each year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns parents and caregivers of small children to keep infants’ sleep space safe and offers safe sleep space tips. This year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has teamed up with Congress and safety advocates to provide sleep space advice and reminders to keep their children safe while at home or when staying at a family member’s house.
CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric, pediatric experts from Lurie Children’s Hospital, experts at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Kids in Danger safety advocates, Safe Kids Worldwide advocates, members of the Consumer Federation of America, and Congress to boost the public’s awareness of the best safe sleep practices for infants. The group also aims to highlight new laws that will help to create a safer marketplace for babies.
CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric stated that he was excited to be working with these special groups to grow their reach to parents, caregivers, and grandparents about the best sleep practices for infants during the holidays and throughout the year. According to CPSC Chair Hoehn-Saric, the group can reduce these tragic fatalities and create a much safer marketplace for small children.
This year-long project included aggressive Congressional and CPSC actions to protect infants from product hazards and launched the following initiatives:
Crib bumpers and infant-inclined sleep products have been linked to nearly 200 deaths. The Safe Sleep for Babies Act will ban these dangerous products and provide families with the peace of mind new products they purchase for their newborns are safe.
CPSC’s most recent nursery product injury and death report state that most nursery-product infant deaths happened in cluttered sleep spaces and when soft bedding was added to the playpens/play yards, bassinets, cribs, and cradles. There are nearly 100 infant deaths that occur annually in unsafe sleep environments. The CPSC is reminding both parents and caregivers to observe these methods to make sure babies’ sleep space is safe:
Always visit CPSC.gov to see if any items you purchased for your baby have been recalled.
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