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Safety Guidelines
(EMI) of implanted cardiac pacemakers and
defibrillators from wireless telephones. This test
method is now part of a standard sponsored by the
Association for the Advancement of Medical
instrumentation (AAMI). The final draft, a joint effort
by the FDA, medical device manufacturers, and
many other groups, was completed in late 2000.
This standard will allow manufacturers to ensure
that cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are safe
from wireless phone EMI.The FDA has tested
hearing aids for interference from handheld
wireless phones and helped develop a voluntary
standard sponsored by the Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This standard
specifies test
methods and performance requirements for
hearing aids and wireless phones so that no
interference occurs when a person uses a
'compatible' phone and a 'compatible' hearing
aid at the same time. This standard was
approved by the IEEE in 2000.The FDA
continues to monitor the use of wireless
phones for possible interactions with other
medical devices.Should harmful interference
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be found to occur, the FDA will conduct
testing to assess the interference and work to
resolve the problem
12. Where can I find additional information?
For additional information, please refer to the
following resources:
FDA web page on wireless phones
(http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/phones/index.html)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF
Safety Program
(http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)
International Commission on Non-lonizing
Radiation Protection
(http://www.icnirp.de)
World Health Organization (WHO)
International EMF Project
(http://www.who.int/emf)
National Radiological Protection Board (UK)
(http://www.nrpb.org.uk/)