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BA021 - 1 Porta-Crib Natural Wood w/mattress
= $120.00 each
BA024 - Porta-Crib Mattress: 6 per case @ 25.00 each
= $150.00
BA054 - Crib Sheet 28" x 52" White: 12
per case @ 3.50 each = $42.00
BA053 - Baby Blanket - Irregular:
12 per case @ 4.00 each = $48.00
BA055 - Premium Crib Blanket: 12
per case @ 6.00 each = $72.00
Occurrence and Consequences
·In 2000, 1,471 child passengers ages 0 to14 died in motor vehicle crashes in the United States (NHTSA 2001a), and more
than 250,000 sustained injuries requiring treatment in an emergency department (WISQARS 2001). Many of these injuries could
have been prevented.
·Of the children ages 0 to 12 years who were killed in motor vehicle crashes during 1999-2000, 52% were unrestrained,
18% were incorrectly restrained, and 35% were riding in the front seat. (NHTSA 2001a).
·Fewer than 10% of 5- to 8-year-olds use booster seats, the recommended safety seat for this age group (Durbin 2001).
Risk Factors
·Twenty percent of all deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years involved a drinking driver (CDC 1997). Almost two-thirds
of these fatally injured children were riding with the drinking drivers (Quinlan 2000).
·Restraint use among young children varies by driver restraint use. Three-quarters of children ages 1 to 4 who ride with
an unrestrained driver are also unrestrained (NHTSA 1997).
·Many children who ride in child safety seats are not properly secured. A survey of nearly 6,000 children found that only
21% of children in safety seats were correctly harnessed into seats that were correctly installed (NHTSA 1996).
Prevention Strategies
·Child safety seats reduce the risk of death in passenger cars by about 70% for infants and by about 55% for toddlers
ages 1 to 4 (NHTSA 2001b).
·The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends booster seats for children over 40 pounds until at least
age 8 (NHTSA 2002).
·For children ages 9 years and older, car seat belts reduce injury risk by about 50% (NHTSA 2001b).
·All children ages 12 years and younger should ride in the back seat. This eliminates the injury risk of deployed front
passenger-side airbags and places children in the safest part of the vehicle in the event of a crash. Riding in the back seat
is associated with a 46% reduction in the risk of fatal injury in cars with a front passenger-side airbag and at least a 30%
reduction in the risk of fatal injury in cars with no front passenger-side airbag (Braver 1998).
From The Center for Disease Control
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