How To Determine The Stability And Safety of An Operating Table?

Stability and safety of Operating Table is critical to the success of the surgery procedure not forgetting the safety of the patient. We can look at the following aspects that can be used as a basis for judgment:

Assessment of Stability

1. Structural stability:

Base design: Note the measurements of width and weight distribution – a wider base and a more evenly spread out one is usually more stable.

Material strength: Heavy loads can be used without deformation on the material like high strength steel or aluminium alloy.

2. Anti-shaking test: After orienting it to different positions/angles/heights, attempt to submit to concussion tests by using hand shaking or exerting a force to appreciate how well it fights displacement.

3. Maximum load indicator:

Rated load: To make this decision, ensure you check on the maximum load that the manufacturer recommends or allows on this type of equipment.

Actual test: Take a standard weight and apply a weight greater than the standard and test if the platform can balance again.

4. Ground Grip: Try to test the wheel locks so that it remain stationary even in case when the vehicle is parked at an inclined plane or an inclined surface.

Verification of safety

1. Electrical safety:

EMC compatibility: Make sure that operating table produces no electromagnetic interference, should affect medical precision devices around it.

Overheating protection: Hardware pertector to protect the company’s internal mechanism such as micro denk and other relevant components from high heat arising from continuous working.

2. Patient Protection:

Rounded edges and corners: Ensure that there are no worries of sharp edges and aggressive protrusions, in a bid to minimize on scratches.

Fall protection: It is key to ensure that there are perfect guard rails and the securing straps are fit when the table is not upright. Emergency

3. Mechanisms:

One-touch reset: There are emergency rapid zero, or safe position switching functions available.

Power redundancy: UPS or battery backup to continue most of its operation when there is an abrupt power outage.

4. User friendliness:

Easy to operate: There is also a colored legend beside the buttons and it is easy to locate the emergency stop button.

Training materials: Step by step instructions and operation demonstration are given in order to familiarize the operator with all the safety measures that need to be observed.