Tài liệu Báo cáo y học: "Interference by new-generation mobile phones on critical care medical equipment"

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) with medical equipment by second-generation mobile phones has been reported extensively and seems clinically relevant to about 10% of medical devices [1-7]. The growth in use and the decrease in size of mobile phones intensifies the discussion on present hospital restrictions on the use of mobile phones in patient areas, which is violated by healthcare workers themselves to improve patient care by better communication [8]. Critical incidents caused by mobile phones are probably rare but are potentially lethal and are most probably not recognized as such [9,10]. Firstgeneration mobile phones are mainly used for voice, whereas new generations of telecommunication systems enable us to have wireless internet access to send and receive data even at the patient's bedside [11].