User's Manual

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Near Electronic Medical Equipment
Warning
This section is based on "Guidelines on the Use of Radio
Communications Equipment such as Cellular Telephones and
Safeguards for Electronic Medical Equipment" (Electromagnetic
Compatibility Conference, April 1997) and "Report of
Investigation of the Effects of Radio Waves on Medical
Equipment, etc." (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses,
March 2001).
If you use an implantable cardiac pacemaker or
cardioverter defibrillator, keep handset more than 22 cm
away from the implant at all times.
Handset
ra
dio
wa
ves
ma
y
af
fect
im
plantable
ca
rdiac
pa
cemaker
or
cardioverter defibrillator oper
ations.
Persons using electronic medical equipment outside
medical facilities should consult the vendor about
possible radio wave effects.
Handset
r
adio
w
aves
may affect electronic medical equipment
operations
.
Observe the following in medical facilities. Handset
radio waves may affect electronic medical equipment.
•.
Do not tak
e
handset into oper
ating
rooms
,
Intensive Care
Units or Coronary Care Units
.
•
.
Turn off handset inside hospital w
ards.
•
.
Turn off handset even outside hospital w
ards
(in hospital
lobbies, etc.); electronic medical equipment may be in use
nearby.
•
.
Where a medical facility has specific instructions prohibiting
the carrying and use of mobile phones
,
observe those
instructions strictly
.
Turn off handset in crowded places such as rush hour
trains; implantable cardiac pacemakers or cardioverter
defibrillators may be in use nearby.
Handset
r
adio
w
aves
may affect implantable cardiac pacemak
er
or cardioverter defibrillator oper
ations.