FDA Warns of Contamination Risk from Damaged Covers for Medical Bed Mattresses

April 24, 2013 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care providers, health care facility staff, and caregivers that damaged or worn covers for medical bed mattresses can allow blood and body fluids to penetrate medical bed mattresses, posing a risk of infection to patients. The FDA is providing recommendations for reducing this risk, clarifying terms used to describe medical bed mattress covers, and encouraging health care providers, health care facility staff and caregivers to report problems related to medical bed mattress covers. 
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