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. 2025 Dec;72(6):1129-1145.
doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2025.07.013. Epub 2025 Sep 13.

Pediatric Injuries from Consumer Products and Strategies for Prevention

Jonathan D Midgett  1 , Leah K Middelberg  2
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Pediatric Injuries from Consumer Products and Strategies for Prevention

Jonathan D Midgett et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2025 Dec.

Abstract

The consumer products used daily can present dangers, especially to children. Consumer products are associated with an annual 34.4 million injuries, 48,000 fatalities, and estimated $1 trillion in medical costs. Pediatric clinicians can raise awareness of our homes' hidden hazards by teaching new parents about common childhood hazard patterns. Everyone should subscribe to government recall alerts from www.cpsc.gov.

Keywords: Children; Consumer products; Injury; Injury prevention; Recalls; www.saferproducts.gov.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors have no financial disclosures. This article has not been reviewed or approved by, and may not represent the views of, the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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