(P-C37) Statewide Collaboration of Safe Sleep Subject Matter Expert Nurses to Promote Awareness of Infant Product Safety for Childbearing Families

Monday, March 17, 2025

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM ET

Poster Presenter(s)

Bonnie L. Renner-Ohnishi, BSN, RNC-MNN

Safe Sleep Program Coordinator
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Haddon Township, New Jersey

Co-Author(s)

Marilyn R. Stringer, PhD, WHNP, FAAN

Professor, Women's Health Nursing
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Oaklyn, New Jersey
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Jessica Lazzeri, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Nursing Clinical Director
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Havertown, Pennsylvania
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Elizabeth Quigley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

Clinical Director
Pennsylvania Hospital - Penn Medicine
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

More than 50 hospitals in Pennsylvania have enrolled in the PA Safe Sleep Program to educate families about safe infant sleep practices. MCH Nurses trained as Safe Sleep Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) serve as facilitators to transform and sustain safe sleep nursing practice on the front lines of patient care. SMEs identified and addressed knowledge gaps regarding infant safe sleep and product safety. To meet these educational needs, the SMEs developed a Baby Registry Basics Brochure, which later inspired the Baby Registry and Product Safety pages on our www.PASafeSleep.org website. The brochure and website now provide antenatal safe sleep and product safety education and provide access to product recalls. These resources empower parents to make informed choices in infant care products.