The American Journal of Managed Care6d
Racial and Ethnic Bias in Pulse Oximetry Is Failing Patients
Acknowledging the disparity in pulse oximetry implicates a $2 billion industry that has faced stricter regulations in recent ...
IFLScience5d
Decades-Old Problem Of Pulse Oximetry Across Skin Tones Targeted By New Draft FDA Guidance
Darker skin tones are typically the result of the presence of more of the pigment melanin, which can interfere with the absorption of light from the pulse oximeter. In practical terms, this means that ...
FDA recommends more robust testing of pulse oximeters to avoid bias in people with dark skin tone
New draft guidelines would increase the number of people with darker skin who should be included in clinical trials of the ...
MedPage Today on MSN13d
Diversity Reporting Improved in Pulse Oximetry Testing After FDA Guidance
"The most important finding is that although there were more mentions of skin color descriptors in performance testing after ...
Scripps News on MSN5d
FDA calling on pulse oximeter makers to make life-saving changes to devices
Pulse oximeters help doctors evaluate a person's pulse rate and the oxygen saturation of your blood. The FDA is proposing ...
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones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 ...
FierceBiotech6d
FDA issues draft guidance on ensuring pulse oximeter accuracy across skin tones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 that pulse oximeters work correctly across all skin tones. | The FDA has published a set of long-awaited ...
MedPage Today14d
Diversity Reporting Improved in Pulse Oximetry Testing After FDA Guidance
Opens in a new tab or window There was "low but improving uptake" of reporting about the diversity of participants in summary documents for FDA-cleared pulse oximeters after voluntary guidance was ...
FDA issues much-anticipated guidance on pulse oximeters
The FDA released the guidance in response to concerns that the devices are less accurate in people with darker skin ...