Educational Links
FDA Hospital Bed Safety
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/GeneralHospitalDevicesandSupplies/HospitalBeds/default.htm
Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/ucm072662.htm
A Guide to Bed Safety
http://www.ute.kendal.org/learning/documents/BedBrochure.pdf
Clinical Guidance For the Assessment and Implementation of Bed Rails In Hospitals,
Long Term Care Facilities, and Home Care Settings
http://www.ute.kendal.org/learning/documents/clinicalguidance_SideRails.pdf
Joint Commission Sentinel Event ALERT - Bed rail-related entrapment death
http://www.jointcommission.org/sentinel_event_alert_issue_27_bed_rail-related_entrapment_deaths/
ECRI Hospital Bed Safety
https://www.ecri.org/Documents/Patient_Safety_Center/BedSafetyClinicalGuidance.pdf
Kendal Outreach Bed Safety
http://www.ute.kendal.org/learning/HospitalBedSafetyWorkgroupHBSW.aspx
Bedrail entrapment: Is your facility safe?
http://www.nursinghomesmagazine.com/Past_Issues.htm?ID=3554
I’m Stuck and I Can’t Get Out! Hospital Bed Entrapment
http://patientsafetyauthority.org/ADVISORIES/AdvisoryLibrary/2006/Dec3(4)/Pages/15.aspx
Bed Safety Evaluation in Hospitals and Nursing Homes
http://www.revelationsafety.com/CMSFiles/Bed_Safety_Evaluation.pdf
Bedrail entrapment: is your facility safe? A comprehensive look at strategies to reduce these often fatal mistakes
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3830/is_11_53/ai_n9483643/
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