About 113,000 portable bed rails for adults are being voluntarily recalled because they pose a risk of entrapment and strangulation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today. The handles ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

Nearly half a million adult portable bed rails sold nationwide have been recalled after being linked to two deaths, according to federal safety regulators. Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare is recalling four ...

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a new recall of portable adult bed rails, the 9th since 2021, after one death and serious injuries were reported related to those made by ...

In October 2021, an 81-year-old man in a Pennsylvania nursing home became trapped between his mattress and portable bed rails. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Platinum ...

After 81-year-old Clara Marshall badly bruised herself in a tumble from her bed at a care facility in Vancouver, Wash., the staff urged her husband to buy a metal safety rail to protect her from ...

Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling nearly half a million adult portable bed rails after the reports of two deaths, one in 2011 and another in 2015 ...

Adult bed rails have been linked to hundreds of deaths and injuries over the years. The CPSC is starting work on a federal safety standard, nearly... Adult portable bed rails — which are installed on ...