Official recall record
Home Bed Assist Handles
- Issuing authority
- Health Canada Consumer Product Safety
- Published
- 2021-12-06
- Last updated (per notice)
- 2023-12-28
- Country of alert
- Canada
- Alert type
- recall
What the authority reported
The products may potentially pose a risk for entrapment. The products do not meet the performance requirements of the U.S. voluntary standard ASTM F3186-17 for adult portable bed rails. The Company has received 1 report of a death in Canada and 1 reported death in the United States. In both instances, available information indicated that the product was not installed in accordance with the instructions, in that the retention straps were not properly secured. Update: As of December 19, 2023, the company has received 1 additional report of a death in Canada. The Company is also aware of 3 fatalities in the United States, which took place before the recall was posted on December 6, 2021 but which were unknown to the company at the time of posting.
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-05-31.