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By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
September 29, 2008

Electromagnetic Interference From ID Technologies Could Pose Safety Threat

Authors of an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) warn health care facilities that the move toward using electronic autoidentificaiton technologies to improve patient safety and track medical equipment could pose a risk to patients because of electronic interference with critical care medical equipment. Van der Togt, et al., Electromagnetic Interference from Radio Frequency Identification Inducing Potentially Hazardous Incidents in Critical Care Medical Equipment. JAMA Vol. 299 No. 24, June 25, 2008. The researchers tested 41 medical devices (unconnected to patients) from 22 different manufacturers by putting them near two radio frequency identification (RFID) devices. They ran three tests per medical device ' 123 all together ' and found that the RFID induced 34 electromagnetic interference incidents. In light of their findings, the researchers advised facilities to run controlled tests for electromagnetic interference potential before using new RFID devices in critical care environments.

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