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

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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
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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

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

I'm sorry, what was that again?

"Geoff Brozny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "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
>
>

"JH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm sorry, what was that again?


the nextels would cause interfearance to some of the test equiptment out on
the factory floor in short.


sorry about my previous post showing up 4 times, I sent a bug report off to
the author of my news server.

geoff

In article <[email protected]>,
[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.

one of the hospitals in my city has no problem with cellphones now.
When my grandma was in there a few years ago it was strictly NO
cellphones, but when my niece was in there about a year ago, that rule
was lifted. Everyone had them, everyone used 'em.

/tommy

"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> That wasn't "Nextel," it was "Nextel-type."

yea, I know, was just commenting on my own experience. I have no idea if
Verizons PTT stuff would cause the same issue or not..


geoff

On 18 Nov 2003 20:50:23 -0800, [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.

Wanna have some fun with them? Change your banner to say "Phone is
off". I got challanged when I walked into the lobby of our local
hospital one day. I was only going into the business office where
cell phone usage was not prohibited. I had set my banner to say
"Phone is off" and when I showed the receptionist the screen, she read
it and thanked me for complying.

Which is funny, I've seen many cell phones kick into Analog when inside the
hospital. I've seen at least 5 StarTACs do it...


"Lawrence Glasser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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

In alt.cellular.verizon Bill Roland <[email protected]> wrote:
> Which is funny, I've seen many cell phones kick into Analog when inside the
> hospital. I've seen at least 5 StarTACs do it...

There's probably a metric buttload of RF shielding at a hospital. I'm surprised
phones could be used at all.

Back when I worked in Lakewood, Ohio, I worked in an office that had
an MRI service on the first floor. It was so heavily shielded that you couldn't
get a cell signal anywhere lower than the fourth floor... Now the MRI is gone
and you can get a signal anywhere in the building.



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