Precautions For Users Of Implanted Cardiac Pacemakers - VTech CareLine SN6127 Abridged User Manual

Appendix
Precautions for users of implanted
cardiac pacemakers
Cardiac pacemakers (applies only to digital cordless telephones):
Wireless Technology Research, LLC (WTR), an independent
research entity, led a multidisciplinary evaluation of the
interference between portable wireless telephones and
implanted cardiac pacemakers. Supported by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, WTR recommends to physicians that:
Pacemaker patients
• Should keep wireless telephones at least six inches from the
pacemaker.
• Should NOT place wireless telephones directly over the
pacemaker, such as in a breast pocket, when it is turned ON.
• Should use the wireless telephone at the ear opposite the
pacemaker.
WTR's evaluation did not identify any risk to bystanders with
pacemakers from other persons using wireless telephones.
Note: The CareLine
and it should not be used in the pendant form (hanging from
a necklace over the heart) by persons wearing pacemakers.
Pacemaker patients should use the CareLine
belt-clip form only.
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