1.5 million adult bed rails recalled after two senior citizens got trapped and died

David J. Neal
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Bed rails shouldn’t be deadly. That’s why Medline Industries recalled about 1.5 million Medline Bed Assist Bar adult bed rails sold over almost 15 years.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice explains: “When the recalled bed rails are attached to an adult’s bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress. This poses a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation.”

Medline, the recall notice says, knows about this happening twice, with the deaths of a 76-year-old woman at an Iowa nursing home and an 87-year-old at a South Carolina residential care facility.

Medline Bed Assist Bar adult bed rails have been recalled.
Medline Bed Assist Bar adult bed rails have been recalled.

This involves model No. MDS6800BA, which was sold individually, and MDS6800BAH, which was sold in cases of three. Find the model numbers on the horizontal support frame. They were sold online from July 2009 through March by Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, Amazon, Magic Medical, Cascade Healthcare Solutions and others.

Medline is offering refunds to those with these bed rails by phone at 866-359-1704, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday, or by emailing recalls@medline.com.

Report any other issues with this or any other products to the CPSC online.