Product recall

Bassinets and Change Tables for Harmony Play & Go Playards recalled due to potential suffocation and entrapment hazards

Consumer product recall published by Health Canada, Identification number RA-72202, Last updated 2022-12-22. Summary. Product. Various Bassinets and Change Tables for Harmony Play & Go Playards recalled due to potential … READ MORE

Infant head-shaping pillows are useless and dangerous to baby, FDA warns

Infant head-shaping pillows are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and should not be used, the agency warned Thursday. Adobe Stock by Cara Murez, Medical Xpress November 4, 2022 The pillows can create an unsafe … READ MORE

New Safe-Sleep guidelines aim to reduce infant deaths

New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics offer important guidance for parents on how to keep their babies safe during sleep. A baby sleeps on his back in a crib that just has a fitted sheet on it and nothing more. To … READ MORE

Fisher-Price, Feds issue Baby Rocker warning after 13 deaths

Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rocker (left and center), Fisher-Price Newborn-to-Toddler Rocker (right). U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher-Price. Leigha Tierney, Medscape June 15, 2022 Heads up, parents: … READ MORE

Owlet infant monitoring sock pulled following FDA warning

Following receipt of a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Utah-based tech startup Owlet, innovators of a baby sock that monitors infant vital signs, will stop selling the product until it earns approval from … READ MORE

Boppy recalls 3.3 Million baby pillows after the deaths of 8 infants

Recalled Boppy Original Newborn Lounger (left), Boppy Preferred Newborn Lounger (middle), and Pottery Barn Kids Boppy Newborn Lounger (right). The loungers were sold in a variety of colours and fashions. Joint recall with Health … READ MORE

Fisher-Price ignored safety warnings even after infants started dying, report finds

Infant deaths trigger recall of Fisher-Price soothers, gliders. Hundreds of thousands of Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soothers and 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Gliders sold in the United States and Canada have been recalled … READ MORE

In the debate over ‘SIDS monitors,’ evidence is thin all around

Supporters hope modern baby monitors might prevent sudden infant death syndrome. Critics are doubtful. Who’s right? Smart Sock Gen 3. Owlet photo by Michael Schulson, Undark May 24, 2021 Each year in the United States, according to … READ MORE

Infant sleeping chairs linked to 32 deaths in US recalled in Canada

An infant sleeping chair linked to dozens of deaths in the United States has been recalled in Canada. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Fast Company Ryan Flanagan, CTV News May 15, 2019 Health Canada says four models of the … READ MORE

Death by 1,000 clicks: where electronic health records went wrong

Inside a digital revolution that took a bad turn. The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer, and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system … READ MORE

UPDATE: A Canadian Solution to the Philips Lifeline Recall?

Recent news of the tragic death of 72-year-old Elizabeth Bell from Alberta who was strangled by her Philips Lifeline non-breakaway medical alert pendant has health services across the country scrambling for safe alternatives. … READ MORE