Workers with Active Implantable Medical Devices Exposed to EMF: In Vitro Test for the Risk Assessment
| Autor: | Andrea Bogi, Giovanni Calcagnini, Eugenio Mattei, Iole Pinto, Rosaria Falsaperla, Federica Censi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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In vitro test
Medical device Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Magnetic field coupling Future risk occupational safety 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Implantable defibrillator lcsh:TD1-1066 pacemaker 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk groups Electrosurgical unit electromagnetic field Medicine lcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering business Risk assessment 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Simulation General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Environments Volume 6 Issue 11 Environments, Vol 6, Iss 11, p 119 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2076-3298 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/environments6110119 |
| Popis: | The occupational health and safety framework identifies workers with an active implantable medical device (AIMD), such as a pacemaker (PM) or an implantable defibrillator (ICD), as a particularly sensitive risk group that must be protected against the dangers caused by the interference of electromagnetic field (EMF). In this paper, we describe the results of in vitro testing/measurements performed according to the EN50527-2-1:2016 standard, for the risk assessment of employees with a PM exposed to three EMF sources: (1) An electrosurgical unit (ESU) (2) a transcranial stimulator (TMS) and (3) an arc welder. The ESU did not affect the PM behavior in any of the configurations tested. For the TMS and the arc welder, interference phenomena were observed in limited experimental configurations, corresponding to the maximum magnetic field coupling between the EMF source and the implant. The in vitro measurements presented can be considered an example of how the specific risk assessment for a worker with a PM can be performed, according to one of the methodologies proposed in the EN50527-2-1:2016, and can be used as scientific evidence and literature data for future risk assessments on the same EMF sources. |
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