13-7
Safety Precautions
Handset Use & Electronic
Medical Equipment
This section is based on
"
Guidelines on the Use of
Radio Communications
Equipment such as Cellular
Telephones and Safeguards for
Electronic Medical Equipment
"
(Electromagnetic Compatibility
Conference, April 1997) and
"
Report of Investigation of
the Effects of Radio Waves
on Medical Equipment, etc.
"
(Association of Radio Industries
and Businesses, March 2001).
WARNING
Persons with implanted
pacemaker/defibrillator
should keep handset more
than 22 cm away.
Radio waves may interfere
with implanted pacemakers
or defibrillators.
Before using electronic
medical equipment
other than implanted
pacemaker/defibrillator
outside medical facilities,
consult the vendor on
radio wave effects.
Radio waves may interfere
with electronic medical
equipment.
Observe these rules inside
medical facilities to avoid
effects of radio waves
on electronic medical
equipment:
• Do not enter an operating
room or an Intensive or
Coronary Care Unit while
carrying a handset.
• Keep handset off in
hospitals.
• Even in lobbies or other
places, keep handset off
near electronic medical
equipment.
• Obey medical facility rules
on mobile phone use.
Power off in crowds or
trains where persons with
implanted pacemaker/
defibrillator may be near.
Radio waves may interfere
with implanted pacemakers
or defibrillators causing such
devices to malfunction.
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