Which bed rail for seniors is best? As we get older, it is inevitable that some activities become more difficult or have an increased potential for injury. This can even include basic things like ...
Two manufacturers of adult portable bed rails announced separate recalls this week of devices linked to four deaths of elderly Americans. Nearly 105,000 Carex brand rails sold from 2012 to December ...
When the nurse entered the room, she was stunned. Before her lay the lifeless body of an elderly patient who had fallen out of bed. The woman’s head was lodged between the mattress and a bed rail, a ...
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 ...
The Consumer Products Safety Commission is warning against the use of Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails, which are tied to the deaths of three people. Two of those deaths occurred in ...
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 ...
Bed rails shouldn’t be deadly. That’s why Medline Industries recalled about 1.5 million Medline Bed Assist Bar adult bed rails sold over almost 15 years. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...