title: Interference to medical equipment from mobile phones.
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 V m-1. The most susceptible was a physiological monitor which showed effects at 10 V m-1. None of the equipment was affected by fields that could be produced at over one metre from a 2 W mobile phone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics, University of York, Heslington, UK.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Flintoft
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Marvin
mesh_terms: D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013689:Telephone; D006113:United Kingdom