Health and Safety Information163Advancement of Medical instrumentation (AAMI). The finaldraft, a joint effort by FDA, medical device manufacturers, andmany other groups, was completed in late 2000. This standardwill allow manufacturers to ensure that cardiac pacemakersand defibrillators are safe from wireless phone EMI. FDA hastested wireless phones and helped develop a voluntarystandard sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicEngineers (IEEE). This standard specifies test methods andperformance requirements for hearing aids and wirelessphones so that no interference occurs when a person uses acompatible phone and a compatible hearing aid at the sametime. This standard was approved by the IEEE in 2000.FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones forpossible interactions with other medical devices. Shouldharmful interference be found to occur, FDA will conducttesting to assess the interference and work to resolve theproblem.Additional information on the safety of RF exposures fromvarious sources can be obtained from the followingorganizations:• 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• World health Organization (WHO):http://www.who.int/peh-emf/
