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Wireless device use and patient monitoring equipment in any healthcare delivery setting : a review of safety and guidelines / Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, author, issuing body.
- Series:
- Rapid response report (Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health)
- Rapid Response Report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electromagnetic interference.
- Wireless communication systems in medical care--Safety measures.
- Wireless communication systems in medical care.
- Wireless communication systems--Safety measures.
- Wireless communication systems.
- Patient monitoring--Equipment and supplies.
- Patient monitoring.
- Wireless Technology.
- Monitoring, Physiologic.
- Medical Subjects:
- Wireless Technology.
- Monitoring, Physiologic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (17 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Wireless Device Use and Patient Monitoring Equipment in Any Healthcare Delivery Setting
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa (ON) : Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, [2014]
- Summary:
- Wireless technologies are now accepted and widely used in both professional and personal capacities because of lower deployment costs and their ability to provide greater mobility, instant access to data, and increased efficiencies. Clinicians benefit from wireless devices by being able to consult with other care providers, to quickly look up details from a library of resources, to access an electronic health record or other computerized system, or to view patient data. Wireless communication devices provide patients and visitors to healthcare facilities the ability to connect and continue participating in important relational aspects of their lives during the visit. Such conveniences make their stay a more positive experience. However, there are downsides to the use of wireless devices in the healthcare environment that may pose potential threat to security breaches and patient safety. Considering the widespread use of wireless devices, including some for medical purposes, and their popularity among health care providers as well as patients and visitors to hospitals due to advantages previously discussed, this report aims to provide current evidence on the safe use of wireless devices in healthcare environments bearing in mind the possibilities of interference with equipment function which may compromise patient safety.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (NCBI, viewed November 5, 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "17 January 2014".
- OCLC:
- 876862478
- Publisher Number:
- 241280 CaOOCEL (Public Documents)
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