Samsung SGH-H128 User Manual page 44

Health and safety information
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 USB dongle EMI. FDA has tested
wireless USB dongles 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 USB dongles so that no interference
occurs when a person uses a compatible USB dongle
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 USB
dongles 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:
• FCC RF Safety Program:
• http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/
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• 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/emfpg.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.nrpb.org.uk
• Updated 4/3/2002: US food and Drug
Administration
• http://www.fda.gov/cellUSB dongles