In Jun 2020, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) published latest ASTM F3343 - 20 for ‘Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bathers’.
This specification attempts to minimize the following hazards: drowning incidents which generally involved infant bathers being used in adult tubs containing water and left unattended by their caregiver, and collapsing of the infant bather which generally happened when the caregiver attempted to transport the occupant while in the infant bather.
The significant changes between ASTM F3343 - 20 and ASTM F3343 – 19a are as follows:
- The standard has been revised for clarification to the suction test to specify the test surface to be used.