OECD Window Covering Cord Safety Campaign

From 23-30 June 2016, an OECD global awareness campaign was carried out on window covering cord safety. The initiative aimed at informing consumers about persistent, hidden and severe dangers associated with corded window coverings and encouraging preventative action in homes, including vacation homes or holiday dwellings where young children live or visit.

Unsafe window covering cords and children, particularly those under 3 years, can become a deadly mix. Consequences of entanglement in unsafe window covering cords can be:

• Strangulation by obstruction of airway
• Neurological damage from oxygen deprivation
• Unconsciousness within 15 seconds
• Death in two to three minutes.

Read here safety messages for parents and caregivers and safe use tips.

For more information see the poster and OECD report.