Patient support with deck width monitoring and control

A control system for a patient support, the patient support including a patient support component being an adjustable width component having an adjustable width relative to a longitudinal axis of the patient support such that a change in the width of the adjustable width component changes an overall width of the patient support, the adjustable width component including a latch mechanism operable to lock the width of the patient support component, the control system comprising:

• a sensor system adapted to detect a status of the latch mechanism indicative of the latch mechanism of the adjustable width component being locked at a current width of the adjustable width component and at a corresponding overall width of the patient support, said sensor system adapted to detect a component status of the adjustable width component, the sensor system operable to generate a signal based on at least one of the status and the component status;
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• a controller in communication with the sensor system and configured to receive the signal, the controller configured to determine, based on the signal, whether the latch mechanism is locked or unlocked for the adjustable width component.