Medical King announces recall for adult bed rails following death

Bed rails recall overview: 

• Who: Medical King has recalled more than 220,000 adult bed rails.
• Why: Users can get trapped and asphyxiate, due to the bed rails.
• Where: The recall is active in the United States.

Medical King has recalled three models of its adult portable bed rails, after a 66-year-old man died after becoming trapped between his mattress and the bed rail.

The bed rails recall was published to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission website on Nov. 14. It applies to about 222,000 Medical King Bed Assist Rail adult portable bed rails.

According to the recall, 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,” the recall says.

Consumers should immediately stop using recalled bed rails

So far, Medical King has received one report of a death involving the Bed Assist Rail with Adjustable Heights, model number 7007, the bed rails recall states. 

In November 2023, at a residential care facility in South Carolina, a 66-year-old man died after becoming entrapped between his mattress and the bed rail, it says.

The recall involves the Bed Assist Rail with Adjustable Heights (model numbers 7007 and 7057) and the Bed Assist Rail Without Legs (model number 7037). 

Medical King says it sold the recalled bed rails from Jan. 2020 through March 2024 for about $40 via Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target Plus, eBay, Kohls.com and medicalkingusa.com. 

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bed rails and contact Medical King for a free repair kit or a replacement bed rail, depending on the model, the Medical King recall says.

Meanwhile, in May, Medline Industries recalled 1.5 million of its adult portable bed rails after they led to a pair of deaths. 

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