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17 Patient Safety in Internal Medicine<br />

235<br />

Headboard<br />

Footboard<br />

Rail<br />

Rail<br />

7<br />

5<br />

6<br />

2<br />

3<br />

Matress<br />

4<br />

1<br />

Fig. 17.4 Areas where patients are most often entrapped.<br />

Zone 1: between the headboard or footboard and the mattress;<br />

zone 2: under the rails; zone 3: between the rail and<br />

the mattress; zone 4: under the ends of the rail; zone 5:<br />

between the 2 bed rails; zone 6: between the end of the rail<br />

and the edge of the headboard or footboard; zone 7: within<br />

the rails [100]<br />

Table 17.13 Areas of the bed at risk for entrapment and recommendations from the US Food and Drug Administration<br />

(FDA) [99]<br />

Zones Definition Recommendations<br />

Zone 1 Any open space within the perimeter of the rail A loosened bar or rail can modify the size of the<br />

space.<br />

The recommended space is

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