Section 12: Health and Safety Information 145Consumer Information on Wireless PhonesSection 12sponsored by the Association for the Advancement ofMedical instrumentation (AAMI). The final draft, ajoint effort by FDA, medical device manufacturers, andmany other groups, was completed in late 2000. Thisstandard will allow manufacturers to ensure thatcardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are safe fromwireless phone EMI. FDA has tested wireless phonesand helped develop a voluntary standard sponsoredby the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(IEEE). This standard specifies test methods andperformance requirements for hearing aids andwireless phones so that no interference occurs when aperson uses a compatible phone and a compatiblehearing aid at the same time. This standard wasapproved by the IEEE in 2000.FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phonesfor possible interactions with other medical devices.Should harmful interference be found to occur, FDAwill conduct testing to assess the interference and workto resolve the problem.Additional information on the safety of RF exposuresfrom various sources can be obtained from thefollowing organizations:• FCC RF Safety Program:http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):http://www.epa.gov/radiation/• Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA):http://www.osha.slc.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/index.html• National institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH):http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emfpg.html
