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FDA Guidance Document: Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment.

FDA Guidance Document: Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment. Rockville MD: Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration: March 10, 2006.

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October 28, 2010
Rockville MD: Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration: March 10, 2006.

This advisory suggests that assessing patient risk is a less labor-intensive approach to minimizing bed rail entrapment than the measurement approach recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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FDA Guidance Document: Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment. Rockville MD: Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration: March 10, 2006.