Interference of medical monitoring equipment by mobile phones
Date First Published:
March 16, 2004
Last Updated:
March 19, 2004
Report by:
Shafic Al-Nammari, Junior Clinical Research Fellow (Moorfields Eye Hospital)
Search checked by:
Stewart Teece, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Three-Part Question:
In [hospital] does the [use of mobile phones] produce [interference with medical monitoring equipment]?
Clinical Scenario:
A patient/relative/member of staff has a mobile phone switched on in the Emergency Department. Is there any evidence to suggest that it may affect the Departments Medical Monitoring Equipment.
Search Strategy:
OVID interface on the world wide web. 1966 – February 2004.
Search Details:
[exp mobile telephone OR exp mobile phone OR exp cellular telephone OR exp cellular phone OR exp cell telephone OR exp cell phone] LIMIT to human and english language.
Outcome:
675 results of which 655 were irrelevant. The remaining 20 papers are shown in the table below.