(August 28, 2008)--The Consumer Product Safety Commission says infants can slip through the bars and suffocate in the "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets, made by Simplicity Incorporated of Reading, Pa.
Simplicity's 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets contain metal bars spaced farther apart than federal standards allow.
SFCA Incorporated acquired Simplicity's assets in April, and the CPSC says that company has "refused to cooperate with the government and recall the products."
SFCA denies any responsibility for products previously made by Simplicity.
The CPSC warning was issued after the agency learned that a 5-month-old Kansas girl was strangled on Aug. 21 when she got trapped between the bassinet’s metal bars.
The same thing happened to a 4-month-old girl in Missouri in September 2007.
The warning doesn’t include bassinets produced in recent months that have fabric permanently attached over the lower bar, the CPSC said.
The agency is urging parents to spread word of the warning to daycare centers, consignment stores, relatives and friends “to ensure that no child is placed to sleep in a Simplicity convertible bassinet covered by this warning.”
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