1、 Accredited Standards Committee C63 Electromagnetic Compatibility C63ANSI C63.18-2014 (Revision of ANSI C63.18-1997) American National Standard Recommended Practice for an On-Site, Ad Hoc Test Method for Estimating Electromagnetic Immunity of Medical Devices to Radiated Radio-Frequency (RF) Emission
2、s from RF Transmitters Accredited Standards Committee C63Electromagnetic Compatibility Accredited by the American National Standards Institute Secretariat Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Approved 16 May 2014 American National Standards Institute Table C.1 is adapted with perm
3、ission from RTCA, Inc. from RTCA DO-294, Guidance on Allowing Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (T-PEDs) on Aircraft, 2007. Abstract: A guide to evaluating electromagnetic immunity of medical devices against radiated radio-frequency (RF) emissions from common RF transmitters is provided in th
4、is recommended practice (e.g., two-way radios; walkie-talkies; mobile phones; wireless-enabled tablets, e-readers, laptop computers, and similar devices; RFID readers; networked mp3 players; two-way pagers; and wireless personal digital assistants PDAs). A comprehensive test or a guarantee is not pr
5、ovided by this protocol but, instead, a basic evaluation is given that can help identify medical devices that might be particularly vulnerable to interference from common RF transmitters. Existing or newly purchased medical devices can be evaluated by this ad hoc test protocol or the protocol can be
6、 implemented for prepurchase evaluation. This recommended practice applies to medical devices used in health-care facilities but can also be adapted to medical devices in home health-care or mobile health-care settings. It does not apply to implantable medical devices (e.g., pacemakers and defibrill
7、ators), transport environments such as ambulances and helicopters, or RF transmitters rated at more than 8 W of output power. Testing with transmitters greater than 8 W in health-care facilities is not recommended because of possible adverse effects on critical-care medical devices that are in use i
8、n nearby areas of the facility. Finally, in-band RF interference where the fundamental frequency of an RF transmitter overlaps with frequencies used by a hospital wireless network or monitoring or other medical device wireless links is not addressed by this recommended practice. Keywords: ad hoc tes
9、ting, American National Standard, ANSI C63.18, electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic immunity, electromagnetic interference, EMC, EMI, health-care facilities, in situ testing, medical devices, on-site testing, portable radio frequency transmitters, test method, test procedure, wireless The
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48、own responsibility. Further information may be obtained from the IEEE Standards Association. vii Copyright 2014 IEEE. All rights reserved. Participants At the time this recommended practice was completed, the Accredited Standards Committee C63Electromagnetic Compatibility had the following membershi
49、p: Daniel Hoolihan, Chair Dan Sigouin, Vice Chair Jerry D. Ramie, Secretary Patricia Roder, Secretariat Organization Represented Name of Representative Alcatel-Lucent . Dheena Moongilan American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL) Harry H. Hodes John Repella (Alt.) American Radio Relay League (ARRL) . Edward F. Hare Kermit Carlson (Alt.) Apple, Inc. Manjit Walia Indrandil Sen (Alt.) Blackberry Corporation . Masud Attayi Daoud Attayi (Alt.) Bureau Veritas Jonathan Stewart Mairaj Hussain (Alt.) Cisco Systems . Andy Griffin Dave Case (Alt.) Dell Inc. Richard
