The argument in my hospital is that wireless devices could affect EKGs, which are mostly wireless telemetry units, and pacemakers. However, I personally see Cardiologists using cell phones in the CCU, since most of us don't carry "beepers" anymore. Most hospitals use standard 802.11 wireless laptops for clerks in the ER to do patient registration. The hospital does issue the "clipboard nurses" a special type of (longer range?) portable phone, known here as a "zone phone", so that they can answer calls for their offices on the fifth floor from the cafeteria, where they spend most of their time!
Mike Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > I have somewhat basic question here. Every clinic or ER I've seen > requires people to turn off their wireless phone or other devices. Now, > I know 802.11 (WiFi) networks typically operate in the same unlicensed > ISM bands that would likely be used (or, more to the point, occupied) by > medical equipment, but most wireless devices (the exception being > T-mobile, perhaps) use carrier networks exclusively and neither support > 802.11 nor occupy ISM bands. Is the thinking here to avoid consuming > bandwidth that might be used wireless phones used for providers, to > minimize the chances of interruptions and noise, or something else? > > Perhaps more to the point, I wonder if there are frequency bands used by > mobile devices in a clinical setting that would differ from the typical > ISM (Industrial/Scientific/Medical) bands typically used for (local > area) wireless networks. > > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Those who are enamored of practice > without theory are like a pilot who goes > into a ship without rudder or compass." > --Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
