Baby Monitors with Electrical Cords
Summer Infant, Inc.
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE
Summer Infant, Inc. Warns About Strangulation Hazard & Will Provide New Product Labels and Instructions for Baby Monitors with Electrical Cords
After reported deaths this Action is to warn of a Strangulation Hazard of placing electric cords on baby monitors too close to cribs. A baby monitor camera with cord should NEVER be placed within three feet of a crib or baby’s reach.
The Company received reports of two strangulations from monitor cords. CPSC has received reports of five strangulations on other brands of baby monitor cords.
Consumer Contact: For additional information or to receive a Safe Installation Guide and Cord Warning Label to consumers free of charge, contact the Company between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST Monday through Friday at:
(800) 426-8627
or visit the website at
www.summerinfant.com/Home/Product-Recall.aspx
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has also put together an informative Infants Can Strangle in Baby Monitor Cords Safety Alert brochure.
Post until June 15, 2011 In Cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission