Researchers say cellphones are safe for use in hospitals

Nurses and doctors have been known to use much more radiation intense DECT cordless phones in German hospitals for years.



Given the fact, many hospitals have bedside phones and expensive PBX to
amortize, other explanations come to mind when one wonders why using
cellphones is strictly prohibited.



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url="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/03/10/researchers_say_cellphones_are_safe_for_use_in_hospitals/"]WASHINGTON
-- Calls made on cellphones do not affect hospital medical devices, US
researchers said yesterday, but store antitheft alarms may make
implanted heart devices misfire.



Tests at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., showed that normal use of
cellphones caused no noticeable interference with patient care
equipment, researchers said.[/q]