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The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program Helping Every Baby Sleep Safer 5450 Second Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15207 1.888.721.CRIB [email protected] www.cribsforkids.org The Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program was created in partnership with leading infant health and safety organizations. Join us and the nearly 300 certified hospitals to help every baby sleep safely. Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs Pennsylvania Chapter

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The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification ProgramHelping Every Baby Sleep Safer

5450 Second Avenue • Pittsburgh, PA 15207 1.888.721.CRIB • [email protected]

www.cribsforkids.org

The Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program was created in partnership with leading infant health and safety organizations.

Join us and the nearly 300 certified hospitals to help every baby sleep safely.

Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs

Pennsylvania Chapter

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About Our ProgramThe National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program was created by Cribs for Kids® and is endorsed by leading health and safety organizations. Its goal is to award recognition to hospitals that demonstrate a commitment to community leadership for best practices and education in infant sleep safety. By becomingcertified, a hospital is demonstrating that it is committed to the mission of making babies as safe as possiblein their sleep environment and eliminating as many sleep-related deaths as possible.

How does it work?This program has three levels of Safe Sleep Certification. Applying for certification is free of charge.

Educational Posters Training Materials for Staff

Safe Sleep Certificate for Patients

Educational Doorhanger

Requirements:

• Develop a safe sleep policy statement incorporating the AAP’s Infant Safe Sleep guidelines.

• Train staff on safe sleep guidelines, your hospital’s safe sleep policy and the importance modeling safe sleep for parents.

• Educate parents on the importance of safe sleep practices, and implement these practices in the hospital setting.

Certified Safe Sleep Hospital Certified Safe Sleep Leader Certified Safe Sleep Champion

Requirements:

• Develop a safe sleep policy statement

• Train staff

• Educate parents

• Replace regular receiving blankets in nursery and/or NICU with wearable blankets to model no loose bedding in the crib.

• Program Evaluation annually through internal audit of PDSA Cycles.

Requirements:

• Develop a safe sleep policy statement

• Train staff

• Educate parents

• Replace regular receiving blankets

• Program Evaluation

• Provide community and media outreach on safe sleep in your community.

• Affiliation with or become a Cribs for Kids® partner and provide a safety-approved sleep alternative to at risk parents in your hospital.

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We can help.Cribs for Kids® provides a robust suite of comprehensive support materials and tools to aid you in implementing this certification program in your hospital, including sample policy statements, training materials, posters, certificates, brochures, a marketing kit and more. Visit www.cribsforkids.org/HospitalCertification for more information.

Every year in the U.S., there are over 3,500 infant sleep-related deaths due to accidental suffocation, strangulation, or undetermined causes during sleep. The mission of Cribs for Kids® is to prevent these deaths by educating parents and caregivers on the importance of practicing safe sleep for infants, and by providing the Cribs for Kids® Cribette along with a HALO® SleepSack® wearable blanket to families who, otherwise, cannot afford a safe place for their babies to sleep. Cribs for Kids® currently has more than 1,000 Partners throughout the United States that implement our infant safe sleep program in their communities.

Learn more at www.CribsforKids.org.

8 Steps for Safe Sleep8 Pasos Para un Sueño Seguro

For more Safe Sleep visit www.cribsforkids.orgPara un sueño más seguro, visite www.cribsforkids.org

Place your baby to sleep on his back.1 Coloque al bebé boca

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Remove all soft bedding, bumpers and toys from your baby’s sleep area. Use only a tight fitted sheet.

5 Retire toda la ropa de cama suave, los protectores y los juguetes del área donde duerme su bebé. Use únicamente una sábana de cajón que ajuste bien.

5O er a pacifier when putting baby to sleep. If breastfeeding, o er a pacifier after 1 month.

6 Al acostar al bebé, ofrézcale un chupón. Si está lactando, ofrézcale un chupón al bebé después de un mes.

6Visit your baby’s pediatrician regularly and stay up-to-date on your baby’s immunizations.

7 Visite al pediatra de su bebé periódicamente y manténgase al corriente con las vacunas del bebé.

7Don’t smoke around your baby.8 No fume cerca

de su bebé.8

Never dress your baby too warmly for sleep; keep room temperature comfortable for an adult.

2 Nunca vista al bebé con ropa demasiado abrigadora para dormir; mantenga la temperatura de la habitación a un nivel cómodo para un adulto.

2Dress your baby in a wearable blanket instead of loose blankets.3 Use una cobija tipo saco

para dormir en lugar de usar cobijas sueltas.3

Do not bed share. Place your baby’s crib near your bed.4 No duerma en la misma

cama que el bebé. Ponga la cuna del bebé cerca de su cama.

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How do we get started?We’ve created an online guide to help you through the certification process. First, determine which level of certification is right for your organization. Then, examine what requirements you still may need to complete to apply for certification. Our Hospital Initiative Online Tool Kit will be able to provide you with the resources you need to implement any of the program requirements. For additional information about this program, you can also contact Tiffany Price at 412-322-5680 x-112 or email [email protected].

To get started, visit our online guide: www.cribsforkids.org/HospitalCertification

Cribs for Kids®: Helping every baby sleep safer.Since 1998, Cribs for Kids® has been making an impact on the rates of babies dying of accidental, sleep-related death due to unsafe sleeping environments.

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