A steris field service technician arrived onsite, inspected the table, and was not able to identify any table malfunction.The technician was informed the table was positioned in the reverse orientation at the time of the event.In the reverse orientation, the patient's mass is over the shorter section of the supporting table base.During the procedure, the hospital staff disengaged the table floor locks.The 3085 surgical table operator manual states on page 1-1, "warning: tipping hazard: do not place patient on table unless floor locks are engaged," and "do not release floor locks while patient is on table".This tipping warning is reiterated in section 2.2 and on the column shroud's warning label.The technician confirmed the table to be operating according to specification.The technician provided the hospital staff and nurse manager a copy of the operator manual to review proper patient positioning, tipping hazards, and weight limitations.
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