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Summer Infant is recalling more than two million Mother's Touch/Deluxe Baby Bathers due to skull fractures and head injury hazards.
The folding wire frame on the Chinese manufactured units can suddenly disengage from the side hinge dropping the baby out of the bather.
CPSC and Summer Infant have received seven reports of incidents, in the US, including five reports of head injuries (four skull fractures and one bump to head) resulting from falls when the bather was used to lift and carry a child contrary to product warnings and instructions.
Parents are advised to stop using the bathers.
This recall involves Summer Infant baby bathers with a small, nearly square blue or pink plastic base measuring about 13 ½ inches long by 12 ½ inches wide and with the following model numbers listed below. Model numbers are located either on the side of the baby bather near the warning label or on the front near the wash instructions. Some units have multiple model numbers. Model numbers with an additional letter at the end of the model number are also included in this recall.:
08020, 08050, 08054, 08070, 08401, 08409, 08404, 08405, 08650, 08655, 08659, 08754, 08940, 08944, 38510, 38515, 18049, 18120, 18125, 18129, 18360, 18375, 18379, 18390, 38750, 38755, 18440, 18445, 18449, 18470, 18475, 18479, 18050, 08754, 18254, 18394, 18004
They were sold at stores nationwide and on the Web from September 2004 through November 2011 for between $15 and $30.
Consumers should immediately stop using the bathers and contact Summer Infant for a free repair kit that includes a locking strap and instructions. Note: Even with the new locking strap installed, the baby bather product should never be used to lift and carry an infant.
For more information and to order a free repair kit:
summerinfant.com/batherrepairkit
or by calling 800-426-8627
