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Fitiger's engineering and product safety team has released a benchmarking brief examining how California's AB 645 may affect airway-emergency readiness planning for public safety agencies, schools, and other high-occupancy environments.

Fitiger's engineering team has released a Maryland-focused readiness brief examining how SB 219 connects eating-area placement, second-line sequence design, QXN product-code verification, and retrieval-latency discipline in public-school airway planning.

Kentucky's House has passed HB 335, known as Landon's Law, sending the bill to the Senate. The measure would not mandate statewide device placement, but it would define FDA-authorized portable suction anti-choking devices in state law, require training when schools adopt them, and provide civil liability protection for good-faith emergency response.

New Jersey's A4582 would require public and nonpublic schools to place portable FDA-approved anti-choking devices in cafeterias, nurses’ offices, and similar locations. This Fitiger News analysis explains the placement rule, training and reimbursement provisions, and how the bill differs from Kentucky’s HB 335 after the FDA’s March 2026 second-line device classification.

Analyzing the 2026 Alvin ISD Nicholas Gray tragedy through the Swiss Cheese Model of safety. Learn how Texas HB 549 (Westyn Bryan Mandrell Act) and the 2025 AHA guidelines shape a layered defense system for schools. This report covers identifying food risks, reducing recognition gaps, and staging second-line airway clearance devices in school cafeterias to prevent fatal delays.

On March 4, 2026, the FDA granted the first De Novo authorization for a suction anti-choking device under 21 CFR 874.5400. This ruling creates a Class II device type for FDA-authorized products used as second-line treatment. Learn why following AHA 2025 rescue protocols remains the immediate first priority and how to verify marketing status in the FDA database for your home.