[Recommendations for protection against electromagnetic interference risk caused by pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in hospitals].

Electromagnetic interference and compatibility are problems that claim an increasing attention of biomedical industries, all over the world. For electromagnetic interference we intend a phenomenon that can occur when an electronic device undergoes the influence of an electromagnetic field, which may cause temporary or definitive malfunctioning of the device itself. Indeed, electromagnetic compatibility is the capacity of an electric device either to operate normally, without generating electromagnetic disturbances that may interfere with other devices or to operate without being influenced by electromagnetic field generated by other electric devices.