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infant deaths,” said Chief Medical Examiner Leah Bush, M.D. “As we continue to develop more precise data that allows us to distinguish SUID cases from SIDS cases, we will be better able to develop and support prevention strategies for these two causes of infant death.”
In its report, the study offered some prevention measures that child care providers should follow, including:
• always put babies to sleep on his or her back, not his or her stomach;
• place babies to sleep in a safety-approved crib (look for a Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association certification label) with a firm tight-fitting mattress and tight-fitting bottom sheet;
• never allow babies to sleep on soft surfaces such as waterbeds, sheepskin rugs, pillows or comforters; and
• remove quilts, comforters, pillows, and other fluffy bedding and toys from a baby’s sleep areas and use appropriate sleepwear to keep a baby warm.
Additional information on safe child care practices is available from the Virginia Department of Health at www.vahealth. o rg/injury/d at a/da tareports.htm and from the
American Academy of Pediatrics at www.aap.org/ healthtopics/sleep.cfm.
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