# Two Strangulation Deaths Prompt Summer Infant to Recall Video Baby Monitors with Cords; Firm to Provide New On-Product Label & Instructions
> **CPSC recall** · 2011-02-11 · 11127 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 11127
- **Date:** 2011-02-11
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Video Baby Monitors with Electrical Cords

## Hazards

The cords can present a strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers if placed too close to a crib. Because of this serious strangulation risk, parents and caregivers should never place these and other corded cameras within three feet of a crib.

## Retailer(s)

Major retailers, mass merchandisers, and juvenile products stores nationwide for between $60 and $300.

## Importer(s)

Summer Infant, of Woonsocket, R.I.

## Country of manufacture

China

## Description

The recall involves Summer Infant video baby monitors with electrical cords distributed between January 2003 and February 2011. The baby monitors were sold in more than 40 different models, including handheld, digital, and color video monitors. All video monitors include both the camera (placed in the baby's room) and the hand held device (some models have two hand-held devices) that enable the caregiver to see and/or hear the baby from a specific distance. The brand "Summer" is found on the product.

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2011/Two-Strangulation-Deaths-Prompt-Summer-Infant-to-Recall-Video-Baby-Monitors-with-Cords)
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