SoftBank 840P User Manual page 19

Near Electronic Medical Equipment
This section is based on "Guidelines on the Use of Radio
Communications Equipment such as Cellular Telephones and
Safeguards for Electronic Medical Equipment" (Electromagnetic
Compatibility Conference, April 1997) and "Report of
Investigation of the Effects of Radio Waves on Medical
Equipment, etc." (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses,
March 2001).
If you use an implantable cardiac pacemaker or
cardioverter defibrillator, keep handset more than 22 cm
away from the implant at all times.
Handset radio waves may affect implantable cardiac pacemaker or
cardioverter defibrillator operations.
Persons using electronic medical equipment outside
medical facilities should consult the vendor about
possible radio wave effects.
Handset radio waves may affect electronic medical equipment
operations.
Observe the following in medical facilities. Handset
radio waves may affect electronic medical equipment.
•.Do not take handset into operating rooms, Intensive Care
Units or Coronary Care Units.
•.Turn off handset inside hospital wards.
•.Turn off handset even outside hospital wards (in hospital
lobbies, etc.); electronic medical equipment may be in use
nearby.
•.Where a medical facility has specific instructions prohibiting
the carrying and use of mobile phones, observe those
instructions strictly.
Warning
Turn off handset in crowded places such as rush hour
trains; implantable cardiac pacemakers or cardioverter
defibrillators may be in use nearby.
Handset radio waves may affect implantable cardiac pacemaker
or cardioverter defibrillator operations.
xvii