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Nations first childrens hospital-based safety store expands due to popular demand
06/24/2009
Riley Hospital's Safety Store was first in the nation to offer low-cost products and education to help prevent injuries to all children, including those with disabilities or special health care needs.
INDIANAPOLIS – The Riley Safety Store at Riley Hospital for Children, the first of its kind in the nation and a unique niche hospital-based safety store, is expanding due to popular demand. The 224-square-foot expansion will provide the needed space to showcase more safety products for children and families, as well as offer different "zones" that simulate home settings and provide families with the opportunity to practice installation and use of child safety products prior to purchase.
The Riley Safety Store serves all children, including children with disabilities or special health care needs, and offers families, staff and the general public access to a broad inventory of low-cost or free child safety products and injury prevention education.
Since opening in 2005, the Riley Safety Store has served over 8,100 families who have purchased safety products and/or received free products through the Riley Safety Store's pioneering program, Safe Escape. Annually, the Riley Safety Store receives over 10,000 visitors.
Currently, there are eight Riley Safety Stores in Indiana: Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis; Children's Museum of Indianapolis; Decatur County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg; Morgan Hospital and Medical Center, Martinsville; Tipton Hospital, Tipton; Schneck Medical Center, Seymour; Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo; and Clarian West, Avon.
The Riley Safety Store also serves as a blueprint for children's hospitals nationwide, with 11 children's hospitals having been trained to launch Safety Stores in the last two years by Riley Hospital's Safety Store Team in partnership with the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions:
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
- Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital (Cleveland, OH)
- Texas Children's Hospital (Houston, TX)
- Children's Hospital of Michigan (Detroit, MI)
- St. Louis Children's Hospital (St. Louis, MO)
- Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego, CA)
- A.I. duPont Children's Hospital (Wilmington, DE)
- University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA)
- Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital (Portland, OR)
- Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Nashville, TN)
- Children's Hospital of Orange County (Orange, CA)
"Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death of American children ages 1 to 14 years, and many parents and caregivers are unaware of the risks around the home and on the road that present a danger to their children," said Jeffrey L. Sperring, MD, chief medical officer, Riley Hospital for Children. "By offering the Safety Store to our community and partnering with other hospitals, we are actively promoting the message, statewide and nationally, that child injury prevention needs to be an important priority for all children and their families."
Several new products are being added to the Riley Safety Store inventory as a result of the expansion, and a partial list includes: talking smoke alarms; all-weather wheelchair ponchos; portable health profiles; lead check kits; magnetic strip wireless alarms; child locator with alert feature; stretch lace shoe laces; Braille speaker phone; and fall guard systems.
"Our expanded and newly renovated Safety Store further demonstrates Riley Hospital's commitment to innovation, leadership and our community by making safety affordable and accessible to all children and families, especially in these difficult economic times," said Cara Fast, MSW, Riley Safety Store manager. "We want families to keep safety top-of-mind and the Riley Safety Store is one way we can help accomplish that goal."
Funding for the Riley Safety Store expansion and renovation was made possible by support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Fire Prevention and Safety Grants program and the Riley Children's Foundation.
CONTACT:
Margie Smith-Simmons
317.985.8749
msmithsi@clarian.org
About Riley Hospital for Children As one of the nation's leading pediatric hospitals and Indiana's first and only comprehensive hospital dedicated exclusively to the care of children, Riley Hospital for Children, a part of Clarian Health, has provided compassionate care, support and comfort to children and their families for 85 years. Each year, Riley Hospital and Riley Hospital at Clarian North serve over 215,000 inpatients and outpatients from across Indiana, the nation and the world. Riley Hospital's partnership with Clarian Health, and its strong affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine, makes it the only comprehensive clinical resource for Indiana's children and the premiere source for health-related information for their parents. From simple care associated with the health and wellness of children and less complex specialty care to the most critically-ill and medically complex cases, Riley Hospital for Children is a national leader. Clarian Health operates the Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children campuses as a single hospital under Indiana law. Visit Riley Hospital for Children for more information.
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