Discard portable bed rails linked to long-term care deaths, CPSC warns
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 06, 2022
The Consumer Products Safety Commission is warning against the use of Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails, which are tied to the deaths of three people.
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Ask the nursing expert … about infection prevention
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Mar 01, 2014
What are some of the things we can do to prevent infections?
FDA updates bed rail entrapment guidelines
Jan 08, 2014
Last month, the FDA posted some new materials on bed rails and related products. This reiterated what should by now be the well-known hazards of entrapment and death when the bed user gets entangled within...
Safety commission weighs petitions for total bed-rail ban, seeks input
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 05, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has merged two petitions calling for a total ban on adult bed rails and will accept comments on the matter through Aug. 5, according to an entry in Tuesday’s...
Keeping it real
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 09, 2011
Let me introduce myself. My name is Jackie and I am (proudly) a long-term care nurse. The editors at McKnight’s are brave enough to let me start a blog. It might at times be slightly irreverent,...