At least 20 of
these deaths involved the inner
cords which run through horizontal blinds.
Although redesigned
, newer window coverings and repaired, older window
coverings reduce the risk of strangulation --
they have not fully eliminated
the hazard.
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Inner-cord deaths typically involve children ranging
in
age from 9-months to 20-months who are placed in cribs or playpens located
within reach of
window coverings. These redesigns have reduced the opportunity to create
hazardous loops in the
cords or chains.macrame knotting
cpsc. To prevent inner-cord hazards, lock cords into position when lowering
horizontal coverings or shades.
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During the month of October, CPSC increases its efforts to urge consumers
to carefully inspect
the cords and chains of all of their window coverings.windowcoverings. Make sure that
tasseled
pull cords are short, and that continuous-loop cords are
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), the Window
Covering Safety Council and independent retailers have joined forces to urge
consumers
to repair or replace window coverings purchased before 2001.
The window covering industry has
produced redesigned products to reduce
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Consumers with older window coverings are urged
to repair or replace their window coverings. A
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Keep all window cords out of the reach of children. "By
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Consumers also are encouraged to consider cordless coverings and
other
alternative window coverings, which have been recently introduced throughout
the country
by manufacturers.
3. Typically, an IP SAN costs from 1/2 to 1/5 the
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Long, dangling window cords and chains still pose a strangulation
hazard for young children
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chains together because the knot creates a new
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Most strangulation deaths
involved
the outer pull cords.
Outer-pull cord deaths typically involve children ranging in age from 7
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Since 1991 CPSC has received
reports of about 200 strangulation deaths
involving cords and chains on window coverings.
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design a reliable, cost-effective and highly
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Strangulations can
occur when young children become entangled in the inner or
outer cord on the window covering.
The following are window-covering safety tips offered by CPSC:
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systems can use any type of disk drives, including FC, SCSI, SATA and
ATA, and
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Repair window coverings, corded
shades and draperies manufactured
before 2001 with retrofit cord-repair devices, or replace
them with
today's safer products.
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Incorporated, a leader in developing and delivering iSCSI SAN
solutions, today announced
a new web-based tool to help storage
managers build a topology of their IP SAN and budget the cost
of
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Consumers possessing window coverings purchased
before 2001 can obtain a
free repair kit from the Window Covering Safety Council's Web site at
http:
//www. Consider installing cordless window coverings in children's bedrooms
and play areas
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The redesigns also have featured
permanently attached tie-down anchors and built-in cord stops.
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After configuring the storage solution
they are interested in,
users of the IP SAN Builder can contact SANRAD with the click of a
button
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Move all cribs
, beds, furniture and toys away from windows and window
cords, preferably to another wall.
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"IP SAN
Builder is a great step in furthering the understanding of
IP SANs, how they are configured, and
how they suit a range of
customer environments," said Zophar Sante, SANRAD Vice President of
Market
Development.
SANRAD is backed by leading venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and
is a member
of the RAD Group, a family of more than 20 independent
companies that together make up one of the
largest multi-national
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"Most people don't think about window coverings as something that can harm
their child," said
CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton.
After entering the number of servers, requirement for high
availability
and selecting the types of storage systems intended for
use, SANRAD's IP SAN Builder returns a configuration
diagram that
approximates the number of servers, switches, SANRAD V-Switches and
storage systems
required for implementing the requested solution. SANRAD IP
SANs enable full data availability, effective
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"We continue
to lose children
in tragic incidents due to entanglement and strangulation in older window
covering
cords. In all cases, the children became
inadvertently entangled and died from strangulation., with
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