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Cell phones don't interefere with hospital devices
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:47:00 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: March 9, 2007 9:11:30 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Study: Cell phones don't interefere with hospital devices Dave, This study reports that while anti-theft devices may interfere with pacemakers, cell phones don't disrupt medical devices at hospitals. This is not a surprising result. While patients at many hospitals are prohibited from using cell phones, it is common for hospital personnel to have them. If cell phones are powered on and available for calls, even if not actually engaged in calls, communication with the mobile networks will occur at intervals. Why does one suspect that a major reason for the patient cell phone bans is to protect the revenue stream from patient calls on the hospital phone systems? True, this is probably a drop in the bucket compared with other patient costs, but every little bit helps, right? http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/03/09/cellphones.hospital.reut/index.html --Lauren-- ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/@now Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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