Hospital beds can be a dangerous trap to elderly, sedated
Federal health safety officials are sounding patient safety warnings for a medical device often considered harmless: the hospital bed. But Food and Drug Administration officials citing hundreds of deaths of patients who have become trapped between the rails and the mattress say health care workers, family members and manufacturers need to do more to protect the elderly, frail and confused.
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