cell phone use in hospitals

There was a thread here a few months ago about cell phone use in
hospitals, with plenty of self righteous talk about the "dangers"
to the patients.

I spent all of today in John Muir Hospital waiting for the gf to come out
of surgery, and noticed that each and every hospital employee appears to
be equipped with a cell phone. Needless to say, they
seem to think they won't kill the patients that way.

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maryann wrote:
>
> There was a thread here a few months ago about cell phone use in
> hospitals, with plenty of self righteous talk about the "dangers"
> to the patients.
>
> I spent all of today in John Muir Hospital waiting for the gf to come out
> of surgery, and noticed that each and every hospital employee appears to
> be equipped with a cell phone. Needless to say, they
> seem to think they won't kill the patients that way.

More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
than a cell phone.

Larry

maryann wrote:
>
> There was a thread here a few months ago about cell phone use in
> hospitals, with plenty of self righteous talk about the "dangers"
> to the patients.
>
> I spent all of today in John Muir Hospital waiting for the gf to come out
> of surgery, and noticed that each and every hospital employee appears to
> be equipped with a cell phone. Needless to say, they
> seem to think they won't kill the patients that way.

More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
than a cell phone.

Larry

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.


the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
on the test set...

geoff

And the Nextel is in the same frequency range as most c-phones and has
more power.


--
Thomas M. Goethe

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> maryann wrote:
> >
> > There was a thread here a few months ago about cell phone use in
> > hospitals, with plenty of self righteous talk about the "dangers"
> > to the patients.
> >
> > I spent all of today in John Muir Hospital waiting for the gf to come
out
> > of surgery, and noticed that each and every hospital employee appears to
> > be equipped with a cell phone. Needless to say, they
> > seem to think they won't kill the patients that way.
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.
>
> Larry

And the Nextel is in the same frequency range as most c-phones and has
more power.


--
Thomas M. Goethe

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> maryann wrote:
> >
> > There was a thread here a few months ago about cell phone use in
> > hospitals, with plenty of self righteous talk about the "dangers"
> > to the patients.
> >
> > I spent all of today in John Muir Hospital waiting for the gf to come
out
> > of surgery, and noticed that each and every hospital employee appears to
> > be equipped with a cell phone. Needless to say, they
> > seem to think they won't kill the patients that way.
>
> More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> than a cell phone.
>
> Larry

Geoff Brozny wrote:
>
> "Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> > than a cell phone.
>
> the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
> interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
> and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
> on the test set...

That wasn't "Nextel," it was "Nextel-type."

As someone who works in *alot* of hospital ORs, I've seen both walkie-talkie
type communicators and regular cell phones. My understanding is that the
fear of cell phone interference with monitors is a throwback to the days of
analog.

Larry

Geoff Brozny wrote:
>
> "Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > More than likely a Nextel-type system... More of a walkie-talkie
> > than a cell phone.
>
> the Nextel's would screw up the test sets when I worked at Lucent, the
> interference would cause boards to fail the test when infact they were good,
> and in the more extreme case, would cause the calibration to get messed up
> on the test set...

That wasn't "Nextel," it was "Nextel-type."

As someone who works in *alot* of hospital ORs, I've seen both walkie-talkie
type communicators and regular cell phones. My understanding is that the
fear of cell phone interference with monitors is a throwback to the days of
analog.

Larry