User's Manual

Business Guidelines – Processes and Procedures
Version: 2.3 73 10/15/2009
• Should keep cordless phones at least six inches from the device
• Should NOT place cordless phones directly over the device, such as in a breast
pocket, when it is turned ON
• Should use the cordless phone at the ear opposite the device
• WTR’s evaluation did not identify any risk to bystanders with a pacemaker or
defibrillator from other persons using cordless phones
Associated SCRAM risks are further reduced by the following facts:
• When worn, the SCRAM bracelet is 3 to 5 feet from the patient’s pacemaker or
defibrillator.
• The SCRAM bracelet does not actively transmit any signals. It transmits only
when the modem requests it to, which is once per day on average.
In summary, the SCRAM system poses little, if any risk, to patients with an implanted
pacemaker or defibrillator. When SCRAM is installed on a pacemaker/defibrillator
patient, we recommend that they use the same precautions their device manufacturer
advises for cordless telephones.
Explosive Environments
OSHA defines intrinsically safe equipment and associated wiring as: Equipment and
associated wiring in which any spark or thermal effect, either produced normally or in
specified fault conditions, is incapable, under certain prescribed test conditions, of
causing ignition of a mixture of flammable or combustible material in air in its most
easily ignitable concentration.
The SCRAM Bracelet has not been evaluated for use in explosive environments. If entry
into these environments is required, then consider another technology. AMS does not
recommend use under these conditions.