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Bed Handles, Inc. recalls 113,000 rails due to entrapment
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Brand/Company:
Bed Handles, Inc. / Portable Adult Bed Handles
Bed Handles, Inc. Recall Overview:
When attached to an adult’s bed without the use of safety retention straps, the handle can shift out of place, creating a dangerous gap between the bed handle and the side of the mattress. This poses a serious risk of entrapment, strangulation and death.
Bed Handles, Inc. bed rails which were sold from 1994 through 2007 that do not have safety retention straps to secure the bed handle to the bed frame to keep the bed handle from shifting out of place and creating a dangerous gap.
Recalled models include the Original Bedside Assistant® (BA10W), the Travel Handles™ (BA11W) which is sold as a set of two bed handles, and the Adjustable Bedside Assistant® (AJ1).
There have been 4 reported deaths due to this issue.
Please refer to the chart below for the recalled models:
| Model Name | Model Number |
| The Original Bedside Assistant® |
BA10W |
| Travel Handles™ | BA11W |
| The Adjustable Bedside Assistant® |
AJ1 |
Where Were the Recalled Bed Handles Sold?
They were sold by home health care stores, drug stores and medical equipment stores nationwide and in home and health care catalogs from January 1994 through December 2007 for about $100. They were manufactured in the United States.
What To Do If You Have Purchased This Product:
Consumers should immediately stop using all recalled bed handles that were sold without safety retention straps. Contact Bed Handles, Inc. for free safety retention straps to secure the bed handle to the bed frame, new assembly and installation instructions for models BA10W, BA11W and AJ1 and a warning label to attach to the bed handles. The bed handles should be used only with the safety retention straps securely in place attaching the bed handle to the bed frame in order to prevent a gap.
Contact Bed Handles Inc.
Contact Bed Handles Inc. at 800-725-6903 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or online at http://bedhandles.com/recall.html.