Drive Medical bed rails
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jul 30, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Jul 30, 2024the latest report was made
- Oct 11, 2011the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Drive Medical
- Maker
- Drive Devilbiss HealthcareMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Bed railsCPSC’s product type: Bed Rails (code 4075), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Bedroom, Bedding & Bath
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“Drive Medical Adjustable height bed assist”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| July 2024 | 1 |
| October 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Death 2
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Death Made Jul 30, 2024, sent to the company Aug 12, 2024, published by CPSC Aug 26, 2024
The product, in the report: Transactions Drive Medical RTL15063-ADJ Adjustable Height Home Bed Assist Handle Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc
My mom was in an assisted care facility, she was 93, she had been using the Drive Medical RTL15063-ADJ Adjustable Height Home Bed Assist Handle Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc . On January 24, 2024, we were called by the nursing home and told that she had passed away. When we went there, the medical examiner and police were there, as it was considered a suspicious death, and they did not let us go into the room, because of how she was positioned, pictures were taken, by both the nursing home, and medical examiner. because she had choked to death. We asked how, and they explained she must have rolled over and fell out of bed, and she became entrapped in the bed assist device and choked to death. It went to the medical examiner to determine the cause of death, and it came back as death by asphyxiation
- Model
- RTL15063-Adj
- UPC
- Unknown
- Serial number
- None
- Bought from
- Amazon.com
- Bought
- May 26, 2021
- Where
- Green Bay, Wisconsin: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 93, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Parent
- As this report names them
- Brand Drive Medical Adjustable height bed assist, made or sold by Drive Devilbiss Healthcare
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Death Made Oct 11, 2011, sent to the company Oct 19, 2011, published by CPSC Nov 2, 2011
The product, in the report: The bedrail is shape like an “L” with the bottom part of the “L” sliding under the mattress. It is 12-18 inches high and about 12 inches wide. It is secured to the mattress by a one inch wide strap that goes around the mattress. (The strap is fastened by the kind of fastener used on a backpack or fanny pack strap so it slides a bit when pulled.)
About two years ago, I bought a “Drive” bedrail (model 15064) at Hayward Medical market to assist my elderly mother in getting in and out of bed. The bedrail is shaped like an “L” with the bottom part of the “L” sliding under the mattress. It is secured to the mattress by a one inch strap that goes around the matress. On February 5 of this year, my mother was reaching for the telephone on the bedside table and started to fall out of bed. Instead of keeping her from falling out of the bed, the strap slipped, causing her to fall between the bed and the bedrail. Her neck got caught on the bedrail, strangling her, and she suffocated to death. After her death, I contacted Hayward Medical Market, and they immediately removed that model from their shelves, but a bedrail with that kind of strap should not be sold anywhere.
- Model
- Bed Assist Rail, Model 15064
- Serial number
- 080704769
- Bought from
- Hayward Medical Market, California
- Bought
- Apr 1, 2009, about then
- Where
- Concord, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 93, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Parent
- As this report names them
- Brand Drive Medical, made or sold by Drive Devilbiss Healthcare
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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