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To: BigBull who wrote (184)	3/25/1998 2:38:00 PM
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14:31 DJ =FDA: Digital TV Signals May Interfere with Medical Devices By Otesa Middleton WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said some medical devices, like heart monitors, can experience interference from new digital television transmissions. Certain medical devices that need to send information from the patient to the health care facility use unoccupied television channels. Now that television stations are beginning to move to digital, the Federal Communications Commission has allowed the stations to use those channels. In one case, a medical device was using a TV channel which had been unused for TV broadcasts for years. FCC reassigned the channel to a TV station near the hospital. The patient wasn't harmed, but the device malfunctioned. To cut down on the possibility of interference, the FDA is sending a health advisory to all U.S. hospitals and nursing homes. The FDA is also having device makers include a warning on the labels of the units. The FCC will list reassigned channels on a World Wide Web site. It will also try to make sure broadcasters communicate with hospitals. Otesa Middleton; 202-862-6654 (END) DOW JONES NEWS 03-25-98 02:31 PM