COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION Safe Sleep – Recommendation 10 Recommendation Summary:

To provide funding and/or the resources necessary for the development of an electronic database to collect information on risk factors of sleep-related infant deaths. [...] 2023 • Manitoba Justice reported the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) acknowledges the importance, and recognizes the benefits of having an updated database. [...] • In October 2021, Manitoba Justice clarified that it is “close to updating an old build of the database, which is the first necessary step to implement this recommendation.” • The department also clarified that funding approvals have yet to be sought for the development of a new database. [...] 2023 • Manitoba Justice reported the OCME Scoping Project is underway to assist with the development of the database. [...] 2021 • The OCME’s database is currently being updated and the OCME is aware of this recommendation and intends to integrate sleep-related death information as part of the data it collects.