(CBS NEWS) — As U.S. regulators and legislators move to ban potentially deadly infant-sleep products, bed rails and bed handles that have killed hundreds of mostly elderly Americans remain on the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Guard rails to keep the elderly from falling out of bed can instead become cages that may kill or injure, according to a report. From 1985 to 2013, the Food and Drug Administration received 901 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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