Title :
Hospital emergency room electromagnetic environment
Author :
Davis, Don ; Skulic, Bojan ; Segal, Bernard ; Vlach, Philip ; Pavlasek, Tomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Otolaryngology, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1997
Abstract :
The electromagnetic environment of the emergency room of an urban hospital was estimated, characterizing electric fields over a 4.4-day period. Measured fields did not exceed 1 V/m over the 0.1-1 GHz range, but exhibited substantial day-night variation. Such temporal variation was characterized with respect to intensity and frequency of emissions. The observed field level variation implied a substantial temporal variation of electromagnetic-interference-malfunction risk to medical equipment. This risk tended to be highest during the daytime, early evening and weekends
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; biomedical equipment; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; safety; 0.1 to 1 GHz; 3D plot; EMC issues; EMI-malfunction risk; day-night variation; electric fields characterization; electromagnetic environment; field level variation; frequency of emissions; hospital emergency room; intensity of emissions; medical equipment; temporal variation; urban hospital; Area measurement; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Concrete; Electric variables measurement; Electromagnetic measurements; Hospitals; Radio frequency; Spectral analysis; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4262-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756848
