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 ...

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 ...

The rails do not meet the mandatory safety standards. Users could become trapped between the rail and the mattress.

Medline has recalled two models of its Bed Assist Bars portable bed rails after receiving reports of two patient deaths, the company said May 30. The recall applies to 1.5 million units sold in the ...

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 ...