Workers with Active Implantable Medical Devices Exposed to EMF: In Vitro Test for the Risk Assessment

Mattei, Eugenio; Censi, Federica; Pinto, Iole; Bogi, Andrea; Falsaperla, Rosaria

doi:10.3390/environments6110119

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“…There are some studies in the literature on the EMF exposure assessment of workers with active implants, mainly to avoid interference problems with, or effects on the functioning of, medical devices [77][78][79].…”

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Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields in magnetic resonance environment: an update on regulation, exposure assessment techniques, health risk evaluation, and surveillance

Hartwig

Virgili²,

Mattei³

et al. 2021

Med Biol Eng Comput

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most-used diagnostic imaging methods worldwide. There are ∼50,000 MRI scanners worldwide each of which involves a minimum of five workers from different disciplines who spend their working days around MRI scanners. This review analyses the state-of-art of literature about the several aspects of the occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) in MRI: regulations, literature studies on biological effects, and health surveillance are addressed here in detail, along with a summary of the main approaches for exposure assessment. The original research papers published from 2013 to 2021 in international peer-reviewed journals, in the English language, are analysed, together with documents published by legislative bodies. The key points for each topic are identified and described together with useful tips for precise safeguarding of MRI operators, in terms of exposure assessment, studies on biological effects, and health surveillance.

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Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields in magnetic resonance environment: an update on regulation, exposure assessment techniques, health risk evaluation, and surveillance

Hartwig

Virgili²,

Mattei³

et al. 2021

Med Biol Eng Comput

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“…An in-depth analysis on how to perform a specific risk assessment goes beyond the aim of this paper. Practical examples of how to perform a specific risk assessment for a worker bearing a PM can be found in [ 32 ].…”

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Workers with Cardiac AIMD Exposed to EMF: Methods and Case Studies for Risk Analysis in the Framework of the European Regulations

Mattei¹,

Censi²,

Falsaperla

2021

IJERPH

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Workers with cardiac active implantable medical devices (AIMD), such as a pacemaker (PM) or an implantable defibrillator (ICD), are considered by the occupational health and safety regulation framework as a particularly sensitive risk group that must be protected against the dangers caused by the interference of electromagnetic field (EMF). In this paper, we first describe the general methodology that shall be followed for the risk assessment of employees with a cardiac AIMD exposed to EMF, according to the EU regulation, and in particular to the EN 50527-2-1:2016 and 50527-2-2:2018 standards. Then, three case studies related to specific EMF sources are presented, to better describe how the initial analysis of the risk assessment can be performed in practice, and to understand if a further specific risk assessment analysis is required or not.

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Interference thresholds for active implantable cardiovascular devices in occupational low-frequency electric and magnetic fields: a numerical and in vitro study

Zhou

Kourtiche

Claudel

et al. 2022

Medical Engineering & Physics

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Workers with Active Implantable Medical Devices Exposed to EMF: In Vitro Test for the Risk Assessment

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields in magnetic resonance environment: an update on regulation, exposure assessment techniques, health risk evaluation, and surveillance

Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields in magnetic resonance environment: an update on regulation, exposure assessment techniques, health risk evaluation, and surveillance

Workers with Cardiac AIMD Exposed to EMF: Methods and Case Studies for Risk Analysis in the Framework of the European Regulations

Interference thresholds for active implantable cardiovascular devices in occupational low-frequency electric and magnetic fields: a numerical and in vitro study

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