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Mobile Phones Have Effect On Medical Devices

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Hospital critical medical devices immunity to EM by mobile phones

Concerns on the effect of mobile phones on medical devices.
Recent studies has shown that, using mobile phones have effect on medical devices. Many organizations around the world are very concern about the EMI and majority of them are working hard to ensure that EMC on medical devices is improved. But to improve the level of EMC is a length process and require tough regulation, therefore many health organization has been promoting EMC through “continuing development of regulations, standards, guidelines and publications that are intended to help prevent EM1 and promote EMC and that can be applied to the safe use of RF sources and medical devices in hospitals” [1]. The most important aspect os solving EMI is to identifying the mode of electromagnetic inference and the following are example of EMI in the hospitals wireless telephone services, digital television (DTV), wireless local area networks (LAN), “Bluetooth” equipment, and security systems. All the above mention have EMI on equipment being use in the hospitals for diagnostics, therapeutic and non-medical devices which are not directly medical devices but are important for the functionality of the hospital.
The most concerning reasons when coming to adapt improved EMC is that most of the health facilities has constraints when coming finances therefore it is hard for them to purchase the modern equipment which the manufacturers

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