WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that it has recalled more than 200,000 adult portable bed rails manufactured by Medical ...

Bed side rails provide extra support for people with decreased flexibility, reduced strength or limited mobility go about their routine with more independence. There are dozens of bed safety guard ...

A federal safety agency has issued a warning against the use of two different brands of bed rails. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Gold Kernal LLC, doing business as OasisSpace; and ...

As U.S. regulators and legislators move to ban potentially deadly infant-sleep products, bed rails and bed handles that have killed hundreds of mostly elderly Americans remain on the market. "There's ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — An 81-year-old woman's 2023 death prompted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a safety alert for more than 86,000 OasisSpace bed rails Thursday. The U.S.

For the first time this semester, the University System of Georgia is requiring campuses statewide to offer bed safety rails for students for free. The danger of lofted beds and bunk beds came to ...

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 ...

Before sending their kids off to college, many parents strive to provide everything they need to survive the transition into their new life. Usually, that involves lots of snacks, cold medicines, ...

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 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today urged people not to use a certain brand of adult portable bed rails after three people became trapped and died. The commission said people should not ...

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 ...