Sources: FDA (Class I), Medline notice via AHCA/NCAL · Last updated October 21, 2026

Is my Medline home care bed recalled? (October 2026 update)

Yes. Medline is now removing all Medline brand beds, including homecare, bariatric and long-term-care beds. According to Medline’s October 14, 2026 safety notice, as summarized by AHCA/NCAL, unplug the bed and disconnect battery packs now, use it with a mattress in manual mode only until replacement, stop using all bed accessories including side rails, and contact the company that supplied the bed. FDA classified the hand-control fire hazard as Class I, its most serious type of recall. FDA event 99827 lists “771,127 total.” Check the MDR item number on the bed label against the FDA tables below.

Last updated: October 21, 2026 · Sources: FDA events 98185 and 99827; FDA early alert; Medline’s Oct. 14 notice via AHCA/NCAL

FDA class

Class I

FDA event 99827

771,127 total (event-level)

Fire hazard

Hand-control pendant and wiring

October 14, 2026 notice

All Medline brand beds being removed (Medline via AHCA/NCAL)

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What to do right now

Medline’s October 14 field safety notice, as summarized by AHCA/NCAL:

1. Immediately unplug the bed and disconnect associated battery packs or batteries from the bed and accessories.
2. Stop using electrical functions. Use the bed with a mattress in manual mode only until replacement.
3. Make electrical adjustments only in emergencies, such as choking or CPR. If reconnecting power for emergency use, do not use extension cords; route and secure pendants and power cords.
4. Stop using all bed accessories, including side rails.
5. Contact the provider or distributor that supplied the bed about removal and replacement.

Medline Recall Customer Service: 800-950-0128, option 7 (per the notice via AHCA/NCAL). FDA’s early-alert contact: 866-359-1704 or [email protected].

FDA’s earlier alert recommends leaving affected beds unplugged from wall power unless an adjustment needs electricity. It says to unplug and call for service if motors jam or stall, pendant controls do not work, wiring is damaged, the pendant is hot to the touch, or smoke or sparking occurs. The October 14 notice above limits electrical adjustments to emergencies.

Which Medline beds and pendants are recalled?

Medline’s October 14 notice extends removal to all Medline brand beds, per AHCA/NCAL. FDA has not published that full model list as of October 21, 2026, so a Medline brand bed absent from these tables is still covered by the removal. The tables contain only the 13 item numbers and UDI-DIs verified in FDA’s records.

Original November 26, 2025 recall: eight bed models (FDA event 98185)

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FDA quantities are per recall record, shared where one record lists two models. Each quantity is printed once below:

• Z-1011-2026: 373392 units (covers both models in this record)
• Z-1012-2026: 13245 units (one model)
• Z-1013-2026: 138412 units (covers both models in this record)
• Z-1014-2026: 22565 units (one model)
• Z-1015-2026: 35694 units (one model)
• Z-1016-2026: 15581 units (one model)

August 14, 2026 additions: four pendants and one manual bed (FDA event 99827)

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FDA prints “771,127 total” on both Z-3227-2026 and Z-3228-2026. This is the event-level total; FDA does not give a quantity for each added model. It is not a separate total for each record. No unit count for the October 14 full removal was disclosed, according to McKnight’s reporting.

How to find the item number and UDI on your bed

Find the item number marked REF, beginning with MDR, on the bed label. Compare that number and the device identifier beside the UDI barcode to the same row in the tables. The FDA records cover all lots of the listed items.

More: how to find a model/lot number · search FDA device recalls.

What’s the danger?

FDA event 99827 gives this reason:

Potential fire hazard involving the hand control pendant and associated wiring used with affected beds. Pendant or pendant wiring may overheat, potentially leading to smoking, sparking, melting, burning, or fire. Additional products added to 11/26/2025 recall.

According to FDA’s early alert, as of December 18, 2025, Medline had reported 12 injuries and one death associated with the electrical issue, and two injuries and one death associated with non-Medline approved accessories and entrapment. These are dated reports from FDA’s early alert.

The FDA early alert, content current as of February 13, 2026, describes an earlier instruction correction. The October removal instructions above come from Medline’s newer notice as summarized by AHCA/NCAL.

Refund, replacement and reimbursement

Medline’s notice, as summarized by AHCA/NCAL, says to contact the provider or distributor that supplied the bed for removal and replacement information. If you received the bed within the past five years, ask whether you qualify for reimbursement or credit.

Medline will provide safety instruction labels. If a label has not arrived through your provider or distributor by November 30, 2026, contact Medline Recall Customer Service at 800-950-0128, option 7. Customers who purchased directly from Medline should also use that number, per the notice via AHCA/NCAL.

General steps: what to do with a recalled product.

Timeline

• November 26, 2025: original recall initiated (FDA event 98185).
• January 28, 2026: FDA report for the six original records.
• August 14, 2026: added-product recall initiated (FDA event 99827).
• September 30, 2026: FDA classified the two added-product records as Class I.
• October 7, 2026: FDA report for event 99827.
• October 14, 2026: Medline issued its full-removal notice, as reported by AHCA/NCAL.
• October 19, 2026: AHCA/NCAL and McKnight’s published their coverage of the notice.

Official sources

FDA supplies the model, UDI, classification and record quantities. The October removal is attributed to Medline’s notice through the reporting below.

• FDA: Electronic Homecare Bed Correction — Medline Updates Use Instructions (content current as of Feb. 13, 2026) — Checked: October 21, 2026
• FDA device enforcement event 99827: two Class I records, Z-3227/Z-3228-2026 (report Oct. 7, 2026) — Checked: October 21, 2026
• FDA device enforcement event 98185: six original Class I records, Z-1011–Z-1016-2026 (report Jan. 28, 2026) — Checked: October 21, 2026
• AHCA/NCAL (Oct. 19, 2026): summary of Medline’s Oct. 14 field safety notice — all Medline brand beds and related products — Checked: October 21, 2026
• McKnight’s Long-Term Care News (Oct. 19, 2026): full removal reporting; no unit count disclosed — Checked: October 21, 2026

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