| Every year, thousands of babies across the United | | | | In order to ensure that the right and the safest possible |
| States die or are injured as a result of accidents, often | | | | crib is being bought, the customer must check for a |
| due to loose screws or slats in the cribs. Although a | | | | JPMA sticker or should go in for brands which have |
| trade group called Juvenile Products Manufacturer's | | | | cleared federal as well as voluntary safety standards. |
| Association (JPMA) has set up certain strict safety | | | | Not only this, but also a hand-me-down crib or a |
| standards or guidelines, yet most manufacturers do | | | | playpen must never be used, for it may be a design |
| not follow them properly. According to certain sources, | | | | which pre-dates the federal safety standards. Along |
| only 18 out of 65 manufacturers submit their cribs for | | | | with this, it is really essential for parents to keep a |
| testing under JPMA's program. As a result of this, | | | | regular watch and tab on the crib's hardware in order |
| unsafe and unreliable cribs end up reaching the market. | | | | to make sure that the screws and the slats haven't |
| These end up being the reason why innocent infants | | | | come loose. The U.S. Consumer product safety |
| get injured or die. | | | | commission, along with several other public and private |
| Some common hazards include strangulation, head | | | | institutions, warns and informs the masses about the |
| entrapment risk due to the loosening and separation of | | | | credibility of the products that are available in the |
| side rails or due to a missing or loose spindle or slat in | | | | market. If followed, these measures and guidelines can, |
| side rails, suffocation risk, falling risk, choking hazard | | | | in a lot of ways, help people make the right decision |
| and laceration risk due to fingers getting trapped in the | | | | when it comes to buying the safest possible furniture |
| folding drop gate. | | | | for their new-born. |