Health Canada is calling on the manufacturing industry to implement stricter safety standards when it comes to playpen accessories, after a number of infants suffered injuries and have even died while using the products.
In 1976, playpen regulation legislation was issued to ensure playpens sold in Canada met a certain standard of safety. However, those regulations do not cover accessories attached to playpens, such as change tables, bassinets, mobiles and canopies.
Some of the biggest problems with these types of accessories is the tendency for infants to become either trapped, or fall.
One Health Canada recommendation is that playpen makers, sellers, importers and advertisers meet the design, testing and labeling standards outlined by ASTM International, a voluntary international standards development organization.
Those standards include increased product testing to ensure infants do not become entrapped in playpen accessories.
Health Canada is also recommending bassinet accessories be tested for structural solidity, and bassinet mattress supports be at least 230 mm lower than the highest surface of the lowest stationary side of the playpen to which it is attached.
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