Distance and Location of Both Mobile Phones and Health Care Units: Determines the Interference Level

Million mobile phone holders in the country forces clinics and cellular phones have been started to be in concern as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) source in hospitals. Hospital buildings are very huge buildings that they are not allowing deep radio penetration through the hole those results in higher uplink power transmission (2W of maxi- mum). These two reasons were our motivation to make an investigation to examine the EMI issues surrounding medical equipment, due to interference from communication devices, including GSM900, GSM1800, and 3G digital mobile phones. Electromagnetic interference, particularly of the ECG and ted EEG device was observed, and exposure begins within the range of 1.25m. It has been observed that uplink power is not a reason of interference itself, but the locations of mobiles and health care units are also the reason of interference.

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