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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Alert Issued on Defective Baby Monitors: Some models of a device designed to warn parents that an infant has stopped breathing may not work, the FDA said. The device, also used to monitor adults who suffer apnea, is manufactured by Electronic Monitors Inc. of Euless, Texas, the FDA said. The models involved are RE-134B and Mon-A-Therm Respirate, for those older than 4 years old, and Models RE-134C and RE-134D for infants. “Some models may fail to signal an alarm,” the FDA said in issuing a first-class alert, its most serious health warning. The FDA said the company was recalling the 1,583 monitors it distributed.
