Pulse oximeters don't work as well on Black patients, despite their ...
5 days ago · NBC News. Pulse oximeters came along in the 1980s as an easy and painless alternative. The device shines a light through the fingertip, seeking out oxygen-rich blood. The …
FDA's promised guidelines on pulse oximeters unlikely to end ... - CBS News
Oct 7, 2024 · State attorneys general and U.S. senators have pressed the FDA to take steps to eliminate pulse oximetry's racial bias, which has caused delays in treatment and worse health …
Medical device bias needs immediate action - review - BBC News
Mar 11, 2024 · Immediate action is needed to tackle the impact of ethnic and other biases in the use of medical devices, an independent review says. It found pulse oximeter devices could be …
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters …
Jan 6, 2025 · Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing …
FDA's promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end …
Oct 17, 2024 · State attorneys general and U.S. senators have pressed the FDA to take steps to eliminate pulse oximetry's racial bias, which has caused delays in treatment and worse health …
Researchers working to make pulse oximeters work better on ... - NBC News
5 days ago · Researchers from UCSF are leading an effort to find out which pulse oximeters work equally well on all skin colors. NBC News' Erika Edwards reports.Jan. 19, 2025 ...
Since COVID, concern grows over race-based skin bias in pulse oximeters ...
Feb 13, 2023 · COVID-19 made pulse oximeters ubiquitous. Engineers are fixing their racial bias. A health worker uses an oximeter to monitor the pulse and oxygen saturation levels of a …
Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color.
Jan 6, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 …
Pulse oximeters are less accurate for Black patients, study finds ... - NPR
Jul 11, 2022 · Research published last month by scientists at Johns Hopkins University shows inaccurate results from pulse oximeters resulted in a failure to identify Black and Hispanic …
FDA panel recommends new standards for pulse oximeters amid …
Feb 5, 2024 · The FDA issued a warning in 2021 that pulse oximeters pose a “risk of inaccuracy under certain circumstances,” and a group of attorneys general last year urged the agency to …
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