#Safety bed rails portable#

announced in mid-March that the body had officially voted to start working on a formal federal rule to address the safety risk posed by adult portable bed rails, which he said 'have trapped and strangled older adults at alarming rates.' It says that 92% of those are related to entrapments - 'which staff has found would likely be eliminated in products that comply' with the ASTM voluntary standard.Īs such, CPSC staff recommended that the commission grant the original petition requiring a ban or standard.Ĭommissioner Rich Trumka Jr. Shots - Health News A shortage of health aides is forcing out those who wish to get care at homeĪs of this spring, the CPSC has recorded an average of 16 fatal incidents related to adult portable bed rails each year. 'In addition, the majority of incidents involved victims with underlying medical conditions.' 'CPSC staff's analysis found that the overwhelming majority of the reported decedents were age 70 or older,' it wrote, referring to those who had died. The vast majority of incidents were related to rail entrapment, while others were associated with falls, structural integrity and miscellaneous issues. Meanwhile, the CPSC reviewed 260 incidents - 247 of which were fatal - involving adult portable bed rails between January 2003 and December 2019, according to an 2020 briefing. It also tracked 901 incidents of patients being 'caught, trapped, entangled or strangled' in hospital beds - including 531 deaths - between 19. The FDA says it received reports of seven deaths associated with portable bed rails between 20.

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