The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know.
The common medical devices don’t work as well for Black patients. The FDA is now trying to do something about it.
New FDA rules to reduce racial bias in some common devices measuring oxygen in blood
At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their ...
FDA Pushes to Improve Blood Oxygen Monitor Accuracy Across Skin Tones
The FDA's draft recommendations for pulse oximeters aims to include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with ...
U.S. regulator aims to improve accuracy of blood oxygen devices for range of skin tones
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed new guidance for devices used to monitor blood oxygen levels to improve their ...
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now ...
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FDA releases long-awaited guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for all skin tones
Rather than relying on those testing the devices to judge skin tones, the draft guidance suggests manufacturers should use ...
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Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that
(AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood ...
Newsday13d
Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that
WASHINGTON — Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their products work for patients of color, under a new federal ...
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Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color
Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for patients of color ...