Warnings Do Little To Prevent Bed Rail Entrapment
Despite long standing warnings from the FDA, bed rail entrapment continues to be a real threat to the safety of people in nursing homes, hospitals, and long-term care facilities. After FDA warnings were issued on rail safety, many manufacturers began production of safer designs. Although the warnings have been issued, the FDA has not imposed any bed rail recalls on beds known to commonly be the source of injury and death. The lack of formal action by the FDA will likely result in future incidents involving: injury, fractured bones, strangulation, asphyxiation and death. The safer rail designs have yet to...
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