Safe Sleep Approved Hospitals
The 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.
A Certified Sleep Safe Approved hospital demonstrates it is committed to the mission of making babies as safe as possible in their sleep environments and eliminating as many sleep related deaths as possible.
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To successfully reduce sleep-related infant deaths in a community, it is critical to provide a consistent infant sleep message.
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A hospital-based program will achieve this goal of reducing the risk of injury and death to infants while sleeping.
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This program provides consistent infant safe sleep information to hospital personnel including medical, nursing, breastfeeding, child birth education, and nutritional staff.
HOW IT WORKS
The program has three levels of Safe Sleep Certification: Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
Each level has different requirements
Applying for certification is free of charge.
BRONZE REQUIREMENTS
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Develop a safe sleep policy statement incorporating the AAP’s Infant Safe Sleep guidelines.
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Train staff on safe sleep guidelines, your hospital’s safe sleep policy, and the importance of modeling safe sleep for parents.
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Educate parents on the importance of safe sleep practices, and implement these practices in the hospital setting.
SILVER REQUIREMENTS
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Develop a safe sleep policy statement incorporating the AAP’s Infant Safe Sleep guidelines.
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Train staff on safe sleep guidelines, your hospital’s safe sleep policy, and the importance of modeling safe sleep for parents.
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Educate parents on the importance of safe sleep practices, and implement these practices in the hospital setting.
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Replace regular receiving blankets in nursery and/or NICU with wearable blankets to model no loose bedding in the crib.
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Program Evaluation annually through internal audit of PDSA Cycles.
GOLD REQUIREMENTS
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Develop a safe sleep policy statement incorporating the AAP’s Infant Safe Sleep guidelines.
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Train staff on safe sleep guidelines, your hospital’s safe sleep policy, and the importance of modeling safe sleep for parents.
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Educate parents on the importance of safe sleep practices, and implement these practices in the hospital setting.
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Replace regular receiving blankets in nursery and/or NICU with wearable blankets to model no loose bedding in the crib.
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Program Evaluation annually through internal audit of PDSA Cycles.
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Provide community and media outreach on safe sleep in your community.
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Affiliation with or become a Cribs for Kids® partner and provide a safety-approved sleep alternative to at risk parents in your hospital.