Fatal risk of faulty baby sleep alarms; WARNING.Byline: By EMILY COOK BABY sleep monitors have been recalled amid fears they may fail to detect if a child stops breathing. A batch of Baby Sleepsafe monitors - used in homes and special care baby units - have faulty fault·y adj. fault·i·er, fault·i·est 1. Containing a fault or defect; imperfect or defective. 2. Obsolete Deserving of blame; guilty. battery terminals. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the UK government agency which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe. (MHRA MHRA Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency MHRA Modern Humanities Research Association (United Kingdom) MHRA Minnesota Human Rights Act MHRA Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association ) urges parents and carers to check their monitors, made by Axminster Electronics Ltd. Any with a serial number on the back between 001360 and 001660 should be returned to the manufacturer. The device monitors a baby's breathing movements in its first 12 months. If the baby stops breathing for 20 seconds an alarm sounds. The faulty ones were supplied four years ago but may have now been passed on to relatives or friends. About 230 monitors went to parents, 63 to four hospitals, two to a Children's Centre and four to a Primary Care Trust. The hospitals have been told. CAPTION(S): RECALLED Sleepsafe devices |
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