What are the potential hazards of using an ungrounded electrical outlet with a medical device?

Using an ungrounded electrical outlet with a medical device presents significant electrical safety hazards to both patients and healthcare personnel. Grounding, in electrical systems, provides a safe path for stray electrical current to flow back to the source, preventing it from passing through a person who might come into contact with the device. Without a proper ground, if a fault occurs within the device causing a live wire to come into contact with the metal chassis, the chassis can become energized....