Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 18, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18189709
Keywords
occupational safety; electromagnetic field; pacemaker; implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Funding
- INAIL (Italian Workers' Compensation Authority) [28/2019]
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This paper outlines the method for risk assessment of workers with cardiac AIMD exposed to EMF according to EU regulations, along with presenting three case studies related to specific EMF sources to highlight how initial risk assessment analysis can be conducted in practice.
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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