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Children’s Sleepwear Fact Sheet It
is estimated there has been a tenfold decrease in the number of deaths
associated with children’s sleepwear since the enactment of children’s
sleepwear flammability standards. The relaxed
standards: ¤ Allow tight-fitting garments such as long underwear to be sold as sleepwear,
even if it is not flame
resistant ¤ Allow sale of all types of non-flame resistant garments for infants age nine
months and under Flame-resistant
fabrics such as 100% polyester: ¤ Are more resistant to ignition by small flames
¤ Are more difficult to ignite than untreated cotton
¤ Self-extinguish after exposure to a small flame
¤ Shrink away from heat sources ¤ Flames travel more slowly and cover a smaller area than with
non-flame resistant fabrics ¤ Upward flame spread tends to be slow, sparing the face
and respiratory system
¤ Flame resistance does not diminish with repeated laundering Non-flame
resistant materials, including untreated cotton and cotton blends:
¤ Ignite at a lower temperature than polyester and other flame
resistant fabrics
¤ Continue to burn even after the ignition source is removed ¤ Increase the risk of facial burns and inhalation injury since flames
spread rapidly and upward ¤ 100% cotton fabrics cannot pass the flammability tests in the
standards unless
treated with a flame
retardant Fabrics treated
with flame retardant:
¤ Are resistant to ignition by small flames
¤ But, are not readily available to consumers in most markets Loose fitting
garments such as oversized T-shirts:
¤ Are more likely to come in contact with a flame source ¤ Are more likely to burn rapidly, with relatively larger flames,
than a tight-fitting garment The safest garment for children to wear for sleepwear
is a tight-fitting, flame resistant
or 100% polyester garment.
RESOURCES: Children's sleepwear fact sheet word format, 14 kb:Children’s Sleepwear Fact Sheet Sleepwear Brochure PDF format 360 kb: Sleepwear brochure.pdf Sleeping Safe (poster) PDF format 883 kb: Sleepwear poster.pdf
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