More evidence is surfacing this week confirming that cell phones do not affect medical equipment in hospitals.
We reported last year that an investigation in the UK showed no reason mobile phones should be banned in hospitals and that certain companies were making a lot of money providing telephone services to patients deprived of their phones.
The latest tests, performed at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, showed that mobile phones did not interfere with patient care equipment.
Worryingly however, CD players were shown to cause abnormal readings on ECG machines and security systems in retail stores caused problems with pacemakers.
According to Reuters:
Dr. David Hayes and colleagues said their tests suggest the ban is unmerited. They tested cell phones using two different technologies from different carriers, switching them on near 192 different medical devices.
During 300 tests run over five months, they reported no trouble with the equipment.
