Abstract
Cellular mobile phones may interfere with hospital equipment. We irradiated five representative pieces of equipment using simulated phone signals and frequencies. Two (an oximeter and a syringe pump) were immune to electric fields of up to 40 Vm(-1). The most susceptible was a physiological monitor which showed effects at 10 Vm(-1). None of the equipment was affected by fields that could be produced at over one metre from a 2 W mobile phone.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 141-146 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of medical engineering & technology |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |