Wireless Interference

• 4/19/2010
• Author: Kristine Miller
• Category: EC News Blog
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Wireless devices. You know how they’re multiplying in your health care setting. And you probably have some idea of the demand they’re placing on your clinical infrastructure. But hopefully, you don’t know from experience the results of wireless interference.

Wireless interference can wreak havoc with medical equipment. It may result in incorrect diagnosis or treatment, and even patient injury. Not only that, but problems can occur with the IT network itself as a result of devices with conflicting network requirements.

The cure? Take a multidisciplinary risk management approach. Coordinate the implementation of wireless technologies, whether your hospital uses stand-alone medical, cellular, or IT networks. You can read tips on how to do this in the May issue of Environment of Care® News, in the article “A Proactive, Strategic Approach to Preventing Wireless Interference.” Just click here to get the whole story.