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Investigators from the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, performed a retrospective review of infant deaths associated with bassinet sleeping reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) between 1990 and 2004.
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Question: What are the circumstances and risks associated with infant deaths in bassinets?
Question type: Harm
Study design: Case series
Cases were obtained through a search of three CPSC databases: Death Certificate, Injury and Potential Injury Incidents, and InDepth Investigations. Information in the databases is based on voluntary reports by police, fire departments, insurance investigators, health care professionals, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Data on 53 deaths of infants sleeping in bassinets were analyzed. The mean age at death was 84 days, and 90% occurred at between 30 and …
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