Nearly 500,000 bed rails sold nationwide are being recalled following two separate reports of deaths by asphyxiation for adult users trapped between their bed rails and mattresses. The recall involves ...
Americans are being urged to stop using any of 285,000 adult portable bed rails after the deaths of at least three people who suffocated after becoming caught in one of 10 models of the product. The ...
December’s third recall of adult bed rails, Compass Health Brands pulling about 104,900 Carex bed rails last week, was preceded by three deaths of people in their 80s who used the bed rails. “When ...
Adult portable bed rails — which are installed on the sides of beds to facilitate mobility and reduce the risk of falling — are advertised as safety devices for elderly people or those with medical ...
About 222,000 adult bed assistance rails are under recall due to entrapment and asphyxia hazards, following one death in a residential care facility.According to a Thursday recall notice published by ...
Thousands more adult portable bed rails have been recalled because of the risk that the user could be asphyxiated. Vive Health on Feb. 19 recalled 12,355 bed rails sold on Amazon.com and ...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Port Washington, N.Y.-based Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare announced the recall of 496,100 Bed Assist Handle and Bed Assist Rail adult portable bed rails ...
The Minnesota Department of Health has opened investigations into six separate nursing homes this year due to adverse patient events with bed rails. This is even after the department published a ...
In December’s second recall of bed rails used by assisted living facilities, nursing homes and home senior care, Essential Medical Supply pulled about 272,000 Endurance Hand Bed Rails sold over 15 ...