User's Guide

• educating staff (nurses and doctors) to be aware of, and to
recognize, potential EMI related problems
• conducting technical remedial action to eliminate EMI, such
as shielding
• sharing relevant EMI/EMC information with others, especially
in evaluation of new equipment purchases which may have
emissions
• identifying critical areas where life-support devices are in use
and restricting the use of personal communicators (cellular
phones) in those critical care areas
Purchase critical care devices that comply with IEC 601-1-2 EMC
standards:
• the required level of EMI immunity is 3 volts per meter
• the interference level that a medical device can radiate
(emit) is 0.0014 volts per meter