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General Safety Information Safety
A.1-8 SOMATOM Spirit
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System movements
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When the gantry or the patient table is moved, the patient or
other people could be injured.
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✧ Make sure that the patient and other people are not in dan-
ger before you execute system movements or scans.
✧ Ensure that no objects can obstruct movement.
Stopping system move-
ments and radiation
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All system movements and radiation can be interrupted in case
of an emergency.
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✧ Make sure that you know where the STOP key is located.
✧ Always observe the patient directly. Press the nearest STOP
key in case of danger.
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You will find STOP keys on the gantry and on the control box.
(→ Page A.2-14 Terminating system movements and radia-
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Releasing the patient
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After you have pressed a STOP or EMERGENCY OFF key or if a
power failure has occurred, no motorized system movements
are possible. However, you can pull the patient out of the open-
ing of the gantry manually.
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✧ Press the lever under the handle of the table top and pull.
(→ Page C.2-8 Moving the patient table manually)
✧ Release the table top to retract the table top with the
patient.