About 222,000 adult bed assistance rails are under recall due to entrapment and asphyxia hazards, following one death in a residential care facility.

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Medical King Recalls Portable Bed Rails, With One Death Reported. Here's What to Know

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Medical King is recalling three models of its portable bed rails — because users can become trapped either within the rail or between the product and a mattress. To date, the medical equi…

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Medical King recalls 222,000 adult bed assistance rails after one reported death

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Three models of Medical King's Bed Assist Rails are being recalled due to the risk of entrapment and asphyxia.

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Federal product-safety regulators have issued an urgent warning about adult portable bed rails, saying that those devices are linked to 18 cases of suffocation deaths since 2021.
In the alert sent out on Thursday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said Medical King, based in Brooklyn, New York, is recalling about 220,000 adult portable bed rails that could potentially trap users either within the rail or between the rail and the…

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Feds Warn Against Bed Rails, Recall 222,000 Units Linked to Suffocation Death

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 the U.S.

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall Thursday of 222,000 Medical King Bed Assist Rail adult portable bed rails because of concerns over possible entrapment and asphyxia. When the rail is attached to a bed, those in the bed can become trapped within the bed rail itself or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress.

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Medical King bed rails recalled because of risk they can trap users; one death reported

Medical King recalls 222,000 adult bed assistance rails after one reported death

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