CPSC Warns Consumers To Stop Using Certain Bed Rails

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According to the article:

"The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using 285,000 adult portable bed rails from Mobility Transfer Systems and Metal Tubing USA Inc. because they create an entrapment hazard and pose a risk of serious injury or death to users.

CPSC’s warning applies to 10 models of bed rails manufactured by and sold by Mobility Transfer Systems from 1992 to 2021 and by Metal Tubing USA Inc. from 2021 and 2022. CPSC is urging consumers to immediately stop using, disassemble, and dispose of the following bed rail models: ..."

Follow the link below to view the list of models to avoid.

Read the full source article:  CPSC WARNS CONSUMERS: STOP USING BED RAILS FROM 2 MAKERS - HME Business

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Suspicious Phone Calls Continue - Warning About Scam Calls

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Updated March 14, 2026

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Alert: Beware of Scam Letters and/or Phone Calls (PDF): 
https://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/licensees/letter_phone_scam.pdf

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Updated January 14, 2020

The Board sent out yet another follow-up email with this updated information:

"What can you do to protect yourself?

Licensee security is an important matter. How can you be sure anyone who contacts you on behalf of the Board of Pharmacy or any government agency is legitimate? Here are some important tips from the board and DCA:

• A board inspector will never call to ask you to pay a fine to the caller.
• If you have doubts or any questions about a board inspector’s identity, contact the California State Board of Pharmacy at (916) 518-3100.
• If someone claims to be a board inspector, ask to see the inspector’s badge and business card issued by the Board of Pharmacy.
• Contact the DCA at (800) 952-5210 to find out if an official investigation is being conducted.
• If the caller claims to represent the DEA or the FBI, report the call to the DEA’s Extortion Scam reporting program or the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.
• If the caller’s phone number appears to be a Board of Pharmacy or DCA telephone number, report the scam using the Federal Communications Commission’s consumer complaint form. "

You can also view the full contents of the scam phone calls communication.

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Warning about Scam Calls - An alert from the California State Board of Pharmacy

According to the Board's alert (12/9/2019):

"Licensees have alerted the Board of Pharmacy about a phone caller who identifies himself as Peter Williams or some other name. Sometimes the caller claims to be a board inspector; other times, he told licensees he was a DEA agent. In each case, he claimed to be calling about an investigation and said the licensee would face discipline unless the licensee paid a “fine.”

These calls were part of a scam – attempts to extort money from licensees.

How can you be sure you are speaking to a Board of Pharmacy inspector? Here are some important tips to remember:

• A board inspector will visit your work place, not your home. Ask to see the inspector’s badge and business card issued by the Board of Pharmacy.
• An inspector will never contact you by phone to request any form of payment or ask you to pay a fine to the inspector.
• If you have doubt or any questions about an inspector’s identity, contact the Board of Pharmacy at (916) 518-3100."

This latest Board alert follows one issued in summer 2019:  Suspicious Phone Calls to Licensees - An alert from the California State Board of Pharmacy

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Recall: Bed handle linked to 3 deaths | Ruth To The Rescue - Home

Read the article for full details: Recall: Bed handle linked to 3 deaths | Ruth To The Rescue - Home - Click On Detroit:

"They were sold by home health care stores, drug stores and medical equipment stores nationwide and in home and health care catalogs from January 1994 through December 2007 for about $100. They were manufactured in the United States.

What To Do 

Consumers should immediately stop using all recalled bed handles that were sold without safety retention straps. Contact Bed Handles, Inc. for free safety retention straps to secure the bed handle to the bed frame, new assembly and installation instructions for models BA10W, BA11W and AJ1 and a warning label to attach to the bed handles. The bed handles should be used only with the safety retention straps securely in place attaching the bed handle to the bed frame in order to prevent a gap.

Contact Bed Handles Inc. at 800-725-6903 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday,"

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For more information:  Bed Handles, Inc. safety recall webpage

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Contractors warn docs of DME scams | HME News

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Contractors warn docs of DME scams | HME News:

"Common scams, according to the letter: unsolicited orders for medical equipment or supplies, often claiming a patient asked the supplier to contact the doctor; advertisements saying Medicare will pay physicians for patient referrals; and pre-completed medical necessity forms with instructions to sign and date.

The medical directors have asked doctors to pay careful attention to orders asking for their signatures. They recommend that doctors be skeptical of unsolicited orders for patients no longer in their practices and document medical justification for any DME item ordered for a patient."

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FDA Focus On cGMP Compliance By Compounders

Updated June 10, 2022

Some of the links broke.

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• Compounding Oversight and Compliance Actions - FDA.gov
• Human Drug Compounding - FDA.gov

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The FDA continues to focus on pharmacy compounders.

This is evidenced by the growing number of the FDA's Form 483s (Inspectional Observations) that are being posted:  FDA - 2013 Pharmacy Inspections

Earlier this month, the FDA sent a "Warning Letter" to Medi-Fare Drug and Home Health Center 3/7/13.  It highlights the myriad touchpoint issues, including pharmacy regulations, and the FDA's regulations on current good manufacturing practices (i.e., the FDA's cGMPs).

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FDA Warning - DST Might Create Problems For Medical Equipment

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Updated November 29, 2025:

The original link broke.

You can still read something that's related here:

FDA Concerned About Impact of DST Change on Devices - MDDI

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When I went to work yesterday, under Daylight Savings Time, my meeting times for recurring meeting times in a popular web meeting software application were inconsistently wrong. Now apply the time change problem to medical devices.

The FDA advises in, Advice for Patients: Change in Daylight Saving Time May Affect Your Medical Equipment in an Unpredictable Way:

"If you have any medical equipment that uses, creates or records time information about your diagnosis or treatment and the manufacturer has not updated it, the equipment may not work properly when Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts and ends."

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