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For Your Safety 167
Instrumentation (AAMI). The final draft, a joint effort by the FDA, medical device
manufacturers,andmanyothergroups,wascompletedinlate2000.Thisstandard
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”
hearingaidatthesametime.ThisstandardwasapprovedbytheIEEEin2000.
The FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones for possible interactions
with other medical devices. Should harmful interference 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/cellphones/
)
FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)RFSafetyProgram
(
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety
)
InternationalCommissiononNon-lonizingRadiationProtection
(
http://www.icnirp.de
)
World Health Organization (WHO) International EMF Project
(
http://www.who.int/emf
)
National Radiological Protection Board (UK)
(
http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/
)
Driving
Checkthelawsandregulationsontheuseofwirelessphonesintheareaswhere
you drive and always obey them. Also, if using your phone while driving, please
observe the following:
• Give full attention to driving -- driving safely is your first responsibility;
• Use hands-free operation, if available;
• Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions
or the law require it.
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