Pharmacy Daily | Biomedical telemetry

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised medical device sponsors, hospitals and health professionals that changes to radio frequency (RF) spectrums in Australia could affect a small number of biomedical telemetry devices used in hospitals. The spectrum changes are being managed by the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) and are connected with the transition from analogue to digital television services which is scheduled to commence next month. “For many years the ACMA has had in place arrangements that authorised low-power biomedical telemetry equipment to utilise unused television channels,” a TGA update advises. Most modern equipment operates in the 2.4GHz or higher frequency band, however some items supplied in Australia and potentially still in use may operate in the 520-820MHz band. New TV services will soon fall across the 608-614MHz band which could disrupt some older devices, with the TGA contacting sponsors of potentially affected equipment to provide further information about the issue.

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