Electromagnetic interference to infusion pumps. Update2008 from GSM mobile phones

Author

Calcagnini, G. ; Censi, F. ; Triventi, M. ; Mattei, E. ; LoSterzo, R. ; Marchetta, E. ; Bartolini, P.

Author_Institution

Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

4503

Lastpage

4506

Abstract

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) to critical care medical devices has been reported by various groups. Previuos study demonstrated that infusion pumps are susceptible of false alarm buzzing and block of infusion, when exposed to various EMI sources. Aim of this paper is to investigate the changes in the risk of EMI from the estimates of our previous 2005 survey and to extend the EMI risk assessment to newer telecommunication products: DECT phones and WiFi terminals. With regards to GSM phones, compare to the results obtained in 2005, we observed a decrease in the rate of failure (from 58% to 30%). From our findings, the use of WiFi and DECT does not pose a real risk to infusion systems.

Keywords

Ear; Electromagnetic interference; GSM; Hospitals; Immune system; Mobile handsets; Protocols; Risk management; Safety; Testing; Cellular Phone; Electromagnetic Fields; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure; Infusion Pumps; Infusions, Intravenous; Risk Assessment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650213

Filename

4650213