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Re: Cell Phones are OK to use in hospitals.
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Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:17:40 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> > In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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> > > That's bunk. Cellphone don't produce anywhere near the wattage necessary to
> > > cause any significant interference. I'd throw this one on the same pile as the
> > > "cellphones cause gas staion explosions" myth.
> I wasn't trying to speak as an expert on RF radiation. It was more like
> the average cell phone emits ~.3 Watts which isn't nearly enough affect
> anything except in very close proximity. I think the hospital ban stems
> from that fact that the 2-Way radios used by emergency personnel can cause
> harmful interference due to their (usually) high output. This fact is then
> translated to any communication device that emits a signal. I'll have to
> do more reading on this since I'm not an expert in this field and I was
> using knowledge gained from personal experience which may or may not
> applied in this case.
Where did you get your number that an average cell phone emits around 0.3 watts?
Is that during paging, dormancy or in active call? More importantly, how do you
know how sensitive other devices in the hospital are, and they'd be affected by
this level?
Without any specific experience in the area of cellular RF, and any knowledge of
medical hardware, on what basis are you making a statement that this claim is
bunk, as quoted above? Sounds like you're talking out of your 8880.
Calum
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| (...) I work in a hospital- I asked the same question... It's more about interference with telemetry than anything else, and it's mostly older equipment, but since they can't test *every* cell phone, and hospitals are dealing with high stakes... (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I wasn't trying to speak as an expert on RF radiation. It was more like the average cell phone emits ~.3 Watts which isn't nearly enough affect anything except in very close proximity. I think the hospital ban stems from that fact that the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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