Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Angelcare Monitors Inc. have jointly recalled the above monitors with the following model numbers:
The cords attached to the sensor pads can pose a potential strangulation hazard.
Two such deaths due to strangulation have occurred in the United States, in 2004 and another in 2011. Two further incidents of entanglements, in which the infant had pulled the cord to the sensor pad into the crib, were reported in the U.S., though no incidents have occurred in Canada.
Customers are advised to keep cords out of a child's reach. Contact Angelcare toll-free at 1-855-355-2643 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. EST Monday through Friday, by email or via the company's website to order a free repair kit (which includes a protective cord cover).
From 2003 to November 2013, approximately 182,173 of the monitors were sold in Canada, and approximately 600,000 in the United States between 1999 and September 2013.
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