ID Number		737
Study Type		Engineering & Physics
Model		Electromagnetic interference from 450 MHz (CW-radios) and 900, 1800 MHz (GSM) mobile phone exposure to ventilators and infusion pumps.
Details		Ventilators were tested using 450 MHz radios and 900 & 1800 MHz GSM cell phones using the ANSI C63.18 ad hoc test protocol. More EMI was observed with the 450 MHz 5 watt radios than with the cell phones. The authors report minimal seperation safe distances (95% confidence) of 4.5 meters for radios, 1 meter for 900 MHz GSM phones, and 0.3 meters for 1800 MHz GSM phones. No mention is made of alternative strategies designed to control and decrease transmission power as an alternative to manage EMI. The authors also support a general 1 meter minimal separation distance, where effects were minimal or non-existent.
Findings		Not Applicable to Bioeffects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Istituto Superiore di Santi, Rome, Italy
Funding Agency		Private/Instit.
Country		ITALY
References		Calcagnini, G et al. Annali dell'Instituto Superiore di Sanita, (2007) 43:225-228 Calcagnini, G et al. Annali dell'Instituto Superiore di Sanita, (2007) 43:225-228 Barbaro, V Biomedical Instrumentation & Tech, (2000) 34:361-369 Calcagnini, G et al. Health physics., (2006) 90:357-360
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