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Philips was informed that a patient support of an mr system became dislodged from its base on the floor.It was discovered that a number of mr patient supports, 5 in total, were incorrectly installed in australia by external contractor, acept.Specifically, the patient supports were installed to the floorboards using a chemical adhesive substance, instead of the mechanical fixation as according to philips prds (planning reference data).Dislodging of the patient supports from their base could lead to unwanted table movement or tipping which can inadvertently lead to patient injury under certain circumstances.The investigation concluded that a number of mr patient supports were incorrectly installed in australia by external contractor acept, the root cause determined is that the instructions outlined in philips prds were not followed.Action in the field will be conducted to address this issue for the 5 affected sites in australia.
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