FDA Issues Guidance on Hospital Bed Design to Reduce Patient Entrapment

From the FDA:

Key body parts at risk of entrapment are:

• Head
• Neck
• Chest

Potential zones of entrapment in a hospital bed system are:

• Zone 1 : Within the rail
• Zone 2 : Under the rail, between the rail supports or next to a single rail support
• Zone 3 : Between the rail and the mattress
• Zone 4 : Between the rail, at the ends of the rail
• Zone 5 : Between split bed rails
• Zone 6 : Between the end of the rail and the side edge of the head or foot board
• Zone 7 : Between the head or foot board and the mattress end

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