Magnetic Badges

Some of my PM friends may find this helpful. I usually wear scrubs to work because I work for a Dr. and he likes to be able to pick me out of the crowd when the room is full and some other reasons. Well, we have hired a new person (cool) to help out and she suggested that we wear street clothes and a "work" top over. So I will be changing now into dressier clothes.
This is the interesting part.... They want to have us wear the magnetic badges with our names on them. Well, before I got my panties in a bunch I called the number on my St. Jude Medical card and sure enough a technologist answered. She looked up my pacemaker model and my records and in a few short minutes she explained that if I wore the badge on the opposite side of my pacemaker, it would be just fine. NO PROBLEM! Yippee! I can be "normal" like everyone else and they don't even have to know. I will pay attention as to how I am feeling, but I should be just fine.
Just thought you all would like to know what I learned today.
Blessings to all of you,
Pacergirl

5 Comments

cool

by jessie - 2009-07-09 10:07:40

yeh it is always good if you can work it out as you have. smart nurse!!!!!!oh us nurses. cab'g patch we are just so wonderful us nurses hehe jessie

Upper Right Shoulder

by bgarza - 2009-07-10 10:07:18

I wear a badge at the hospital I work at and I position it by my right side collar bone (my PM is on the left). It works and I don't feel any affects. Also, beware of automatic doors that have magnets. I walk through but never linger. These doors automatically close when there is a fire drill and then clip onto magnets at the top. And yes, I'm learning that we are normal. Three months post-op and feeling much better! Have a great weekend! Blanca

What kind of magnetic badge?

by ElectricFrank - 2009-07-11 01:07:44

Is the badge held on by a magnet or does it just have a magnetic stripe like a credit card. The mag stripe type don't have enough field to even be measurable at an inch.

frank

Hi Frank

by pacergirl - 2009-07-11 08:07:30

The badge I will be wearing in a name badge with 2 magnets on the back which will hold the name tag in place on the other side of the fabric of me top. :-)

Magnetic Badge

by ElectricFrank - 2009-07-15 10:07:54

Sorry so slow to get back. I'm getting ready for a trip and just plain forgot to check in.

The kind of badge you describe could be a problem if it is right over the pacemaker. The problem is that this is exactly the way they use a magnet to switch some pacers into programming or safe mode. The best idea is to wear the badge on the opposite side if possible.

frank

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