Adult Hospital Beds: Patient Entrapment Hazards, Side Rail Latching Reliability and Other Hazards - Health Canada
This link takes you to the Health Canada Guidance documents medical devices: Adult Hospital Beds: Patient Entrapment Hazards, Side Rail Latching Reliability.
This Guidance Document is intended to assist manufacturers in understanding and complying with the regulatory requirements of sections 10-21 of the Medical Devices Regulations as they pertain to the design and directions for use for hospital beds.
In addition, the Guidance Document provides recommendations to assist health care facilities in assessing side rail latching reliability and other potential hazards.
Date modified 2021-03-18
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