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.
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FDA releases draft guidance on pulse oximeter study recommendations
The FDA announced its draft guidance on recommendations for studies assessing pulse oximeters to ensure the devices perform ...
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Researchers working to make pulse oximeters work better on all skin colors
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 ...
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New FDA guidance aims to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people of color
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more clinical data to show the devices accurately work across a range of skin tones.
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FDA recommends fixing racial disparities in pulse oximeter readings
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a long-awaited plan aimed at improving how pulse oximeters work on people with darker skin — an effort that comes years after research showing ...
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Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say
Work by device manufacturers to improve the performance of pulse oximeters on people with darker skin has progressed little since the Food and Drug Administration asked manufacturers in 2013 to ...
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FDA issues draft guidance on ensuring pulse oximeter accuracy across skin tones
The FDA has published a set of long-awaited recommendations to the industry to help ensure pulse oximeters work correctly across all skin tones. The agency’s new draft guidance document comes ...
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FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones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 the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to help make ...
Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that
Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for ...
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The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know about
Is skin pigmentation the ultimate problem with pulse oximeters? Maybe, maybe not. “The question that everybody wants to know right now is: Which devices work equally well, regardless of skin ...
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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 ... apply to pulse oximeters, which ...
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The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know.
But her request for supplemental oxygen while hospitalized was denied, Starr said, because readings from a pulse oximeter on her finger falsely ... which measure oxygen levels in the blood, may not ...