Regalo Swing Down Bedrail (110 x 50 cm)

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This was a breach of Regulation 12(1) and 12(2) as care and treatment were not provided in a safe way. The service was rated as inadequate against the question, ‘Is the service safe?’. Review all patients who are currently provided with bed rails or bed grab handles to ensure there is a documented up-to-date risk assessment. Complete risk assessments for patients where this has not already been done and for each patient who is provided with bed rails or bed grab handles. Residents can become trapped between the end of the bed rail and the headboard or footboard if the rails are not secured in a safe position. Suitable for all divan beds, slatted beds and profiling divan beds. Not suitable for electrically height adjustable beds

The MHRA has updated the guidance on the management and safe use of bed rails to include learnings from incidents reported to us. The MHRA met with relevant organisations and stakeholders to ensure that the updated guidance is widely supported. The updates include: If you say “No” to any of the questions MHRA advises the risk of entrapment is ‘high’ and you will have to put measures in place to mitigate the risk. Myths in using bed rails There followed four incidents where the man became trapped in a bed rail, or attempted to climb over it. Within four weeks of being discharged, he fell out of bed and re-fractured his hip. He died in hospital.

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Does the benefit of any special or extra mattress outweigh any increased entrapment risk by the bed rails created by extra compression at the mattress edge?

Review the medical device management system (inventory/database) for your organisation or third-party provider for devices within your organisation, including those which have been provided to a community setting (for example, the patient’s own home). Keep this system up to date. From 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022, the MHRA received 18 reports of deaths related to medical beds, bed rails, trolleys, bariatric beds, lateral turning devices and bed grab handles, and 54 reports of serious injuries. The majority of these were due to entrapment or falls. Please note: Not suitable for use on electrically height adjustable beds unless the height adjustment function has been disabled. Sometimes as professionals, we ‘habitutalise’ things in a clinical way and forget the people behind it. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard despite physical or mental limitations. If not, we still have a duty to think from the perspective of the resident and make the right decision for them. I am sure you are already doing such an excellent job! Keep doing the excellent work. through the gap between the lower bed rail bar and the mattress, allowing for compression of the mattress at its edge? 120 mm maxThe resident can become trapped between the bottom of the rail and the mattress if the gap beneath the rail is too large.