Danger Of Portable Beds

Danger Of Portable Beds.
Caution is required when using pocket-sized bed rails because they put persons at risk for falling or becoming trapped, the US Food and Drug Administration warns Dec 27, 2013. Portable bed rails glue to a normal, adult-sized bed, often by sliding a sketch of the rail under the mattress or by using the floor for support. People can get trapped in or around the rail, including between the bed-rail bars, between the bar and the mattress, or between the rail and the headboard, said Joan Todd, a chief nurse-consultant at the FDA.

And "Consumers need to realize that even when bed rails are well designed and used correctly, they can propinquitous a hazard to certain individuals - particularly to people with physical limitations or who have an altered daft status, such as dementia or confusion," Todd said in an FDA news release. Between January 2003 and September 2012, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports of 155 deaths and five injuries kin to pocket bed rails designed for grown-up use, according to the news release.

More than 90 percent of the deaths were caused by entrapment. Of the 155 deaths, 129 occurred in colonize aged 60 or older and 94 occurred at home. About half of the victims had a medical circumstance such as heart disease, Alzheimer's cancer or dementia. The FDA has a new website on bed-rail safety that offers information about the what it takes hazards and advice for safe use.