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MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18), p. 9709, 2021

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18189709

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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

Journal article published in 2021 by Eugenio Mattei ORCID, Federica Censi, Giovanni Calcagnini, Rosaria Falsaperla
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

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.