Samsung SCH U340 User Manual (ENGLISH) - Page 142

sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Medical instrumentation (AAMI). The final draft, a joint effort by FDA, medical device manufacturers, and many other groups, was completed in late 2000. This standard will allow manufacturers to ensure that cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are safe from wireless phone EMI. FDA has tested wireless phones and helped develop a voluntary standard sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This standard specifies test methods and performance requirements for hearing aids and wireless phones so that no interference occurs when a person uses a compatible phone and a compatible hearing aid at the same time. This standard was approved by the IEEE in 2000. FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones for possible interactions with other medical devices. Should harmful interference be found to occur, FDA will conduct testing to assess the interference and work to resolve the problem. Additional information on the safety of RF exposures from various sources can be obtained from the following organizations (Updated 12/1/2006): • FCC RF Safety Program: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/ • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov/radiation/ • Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA): http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/index.html • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html • World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/peh-emf/ • International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection: http://www.icnirp.de • National Radiation Protection Board (UK): http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation • US Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cellphones Road Safety Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to communicate by voice, almost anywhere, anytime. But an important responsibility accompanies the benefits of wireless phones, one that every user must uphold. 142