Reported Sep 17, 2015
Bed Handles Inc. Reannounces Recall of Adult Portable Bed Handles Due to Serious Entrapment and Strangulation Hazards
Bed Handles Inc. of Blue Springs, Mo.
High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.What you should do
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.
Firm 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/ and click on Recall Information at the bottom of the page for more information.
What it looks like
Is this the product you have?
- Portable bed handles
- Amount recalled
- About 113,000
Where it was sold
Sold at 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..
Why it was recalled
Stop using this product now
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.
Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.
Reports so far: Three women died after becoming entrapped between the mattress and the bed handles. They include an elderly woman, age unknown, who died in an Edina, Minn. assisted living facility; a 41-year-old disabled woman who died in a Renton, Wash. adult family home; and an 81-year-old woman who died in a Vancouver, Wash. managed care facility. No additional deaths of injuries have been reported.
Want the full recall guide?
The guide adds the identifying codes laid out for scanning, symptoms to watch for, a timeline, and news coverage of this recall.
Free recall alerts
Get alerted about new Bed Handles Inc. recalls
One email when a matching recall is published. No account, no cost, unsubscribe in one click.
We email you about recalls and nothing else. Every send has a one-click unsubscribe, and you can change your preferences any time without an account.