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Infant Sleep Positioners: FDA Warning – Risk of Suffocation

Baby sleep positioner
Baby sleep positioner (Source: Pinterest)

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2017

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Authored by: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA is reminding parents and caregivers not to put babies in sleep positioners. These products—sometimes also called “nests” or “anti-roll” products—can cause suffocation (a struggle to breathe) that can lead to death.

Each year, about 4,000 infants die unexpectedly during sleep time from accidental suffocation, SIDS, or unknown causes, according to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute…

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