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DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE RECALLS ADULT PORTABLE BED RAILS AFTER TWO DEATHS;
ENTRAPMENT AND ASPHYXIATION HAZARDS


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 * Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Home Bed Assist Handle (RTL15063-ADJ)
 * Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Bed Assist Handle (15064)
 * Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Bed Assist Rail with Folding Board
   (RTL15062)
 * Recalled Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Home Bed Assist Handle (RTL15073)

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Name of Product:
Bed Assist Handles and Bed Assist Rail
Hazard:

When attached to an adult’s bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail
or between the rail and the side of the mattress. This poses a serious
entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation.

Remedy:
Refund
Recall Date:
December 06, 2021
Units:

About 496,100 (68,000 units in Canada) (119 units in Mexico)

Consumer Contact

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bed rails and contact Drive
DeVilbiss Healthcare to receive a full refund. Contact Drive DeVilbiss
Healthcare at 877-467-3099 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or
online at www.drivemedical.com and click on “Important Safety Information” at
the top of the page or at: www.recallrtr.com/bedhandles.


RECALL DETAILS

In Conjunction With:
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Description:

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Drive
DeVilbiss Healthcare, of Port Washington, New York, are announcing the voluntary
recall of  four different models of its Bed Assist Handle and Bed Assist Rail
adult portable bed rails. Drive has received two reports of entrapment deaths
associated with two of its Bed Assist Handle bed rails (models 15064 and
RTL15073). The deaths occurred in February 2011 and February 2015, and involved
a 93-year-old woman at her home in California, and a 92-year-old man at an
assisted living facility in Canada. In both incidents, the bed rails were not
securely attached to the bed and the users became entrapped between the product
and their mattress.

This recall involves four models of Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare’s adult portable
bed rails: 

Model

Product

Product as Sold on Amazon:

Dimensions 

15064

Bed Assist Handle 

Home Bed Assist Handle

About 21 inches high and 12 inches wide

15062

Bed Assist Rail with Folding Board

Home Bed Assist Grab Rail with Bed Board

About 23 inches high and 12 inches wide

RTL15073

Home Bed Assist Handle 

Home Bed Assist Handle

About 13-17 inches high (adjustable) and 19 inches wide

RTL15063-ADJ

Home Bed Assist Handle

Adjustable Height Home Bed Assist Handle

About 15-20 inches high (adjustable) and 20 inches wide

 

The name “Drive” and the model number are printed on a label located on the
product’s metal tubing. The rails are made of steel tubing either in white or
chrome. Models RTL15063-ADJ and RTL15073 include black non-slip padding on the
grip handle and under-bed frame. Model 15062 features a wooden under-bed board
attached to the grip handle.

Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare sold about 496,100 of the bed rails at medical supply
stores nationwide and online at www.amazon.com and www.walmart.com. The bed
rails were sold from October 2007 through December 2021 for between $30 and
$80. 

Drive Medical also sold about 68,000 units in Canada. Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare
sold about 119 units in Mexico. 

CPSC urges consumers to report any related incidents to the agency
at www.SaferProducts.gov.

 

Remedy:

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bed rails and contact Drive
DeVilbiss Healthcare to receive a full refund.

Incidents/Injuries:

Drive has received two reports of entrapment deaths associated with two of its
Bed Assist Handle bed rails (models 15064 and RTL15073). The deaths occurred in
February 2011 and February 2015, and involved a 93-year-old woman at her home in
California, and a 92-year-old man at an assisted living facility in Canada.

Sold At

Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare sold about 496,100 of the bed rails at medical supply
stores nationwide and online at www.amazon.com and www.walmart.com. The bed
rails were sold from October 2007 through December 2021 for between $30 and
$80. 

 

Recall number:
22-025
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting
the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of
thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage
from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually.
CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a
decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products
over the past 40 years. Federal law bars any person from selling products
subject to a publicly announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a
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