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ERIC Number: EJ965655
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0164-8527
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New CPSC Standards Require Replacing All Cribs in Child Care Programs
Karolak, Eric
Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, n199 p80-81 May-Jun 2011
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from some 15,000 products, including cribs, toys, and a host of other products used in early childhood and school-age programs. Smart early childhood professionals act on those recalls promptly, working in partnership with the CPSC to keep children safe. CPSC also issues product safety standards which specify for manufacturers and retailers the minimum requirements for a product to be safely designed, manufactured, and sold. Recently, CPSC adopted a new crib safety standard that, in an unusual precedent, will require all cribs in child care and other early learning settings to be replaced with cribs that meet the new standard for safety by the end of 2012. This article talks about the new crib standards.
Exchange Press, Inc. P.O. Box 3249, Redmond, WA 98073-3249. Tel: 800-221-2864; Fax: 425-867-5217; e-mail: info@ChildCareExchange.com; Web site: http://www.childcareexchange.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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