Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove 4059, Australia.
Jamieson Trauma Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston 4006, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Sep 21;15(10):2077. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102077.
Mandatory standard regulation is used within Australia to ensure the safety of consumer products, preventing product-related injury. Standard regulation is particularly important for products designed for use by children, who are highly vulnerable to sustaining product-related injuries due to their small size and inability to identify product hazards. This project aims to investigate how effectively information regarding product-related injuries is able to be captured within Australian health and coronial data. Further, it aims to investigate the extent to which child injury occurs for products for which mandatory safety standards exist through the review of available data. This study highlights significant limitations in injury surveillance data for identification and monitoring of child product-related injuries. This in turn limits the evidence base to assess the efficacy of existing regulations. Available data show baby walkers, cots, prams, nightwear, and bunk beds to be associated with a considerable number of child hospital presentations, admissions, and deaths. A significant scope for improvement in current product injury recording practices in the health sector exists.
强制性标准法规在澳大利亚被用于确保消费品的安全，防止与产品相关的伤害。标准法规对于专为儿童设计的产品尤为重要，由于儿童体型较小且无法识别产品危险，他们极易因产品相关伤害而受伤。本项目旨在调查澳大利亚健康和验尸数据中关于与产品相关的伤害的信息能够被有效捕捉的程度。此外，还旨在通过审查现有数据，调查在存在强制性安全标准的产品中儿童受伤的程度。本研究强调了伤害监测数据在识别和监测儿童产品相关伤害方面存在的重大局限性。这反过来又限制了评估现有法规效力的证据基础。现有数据显示，婴儿学步车、婴儿床、婴儿车、睡衣和双层床与大量儿童住院、入院和死亡有关。在卫生部门当前的产品伤害记录做法方面存在着显著的改进空间。
