Problems with pulse oximeters have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that the real dangers to Black ...

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 these ...

Researchers from UCSF are leading an effort to find out which pulse oximeters work equally well on all skin colors.  NBC News ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s recommendations apply to pulse oximeters, which are clip-on devices used in hospitals and medical clinics to ensure patients are getting enough oxygen. The FDA said ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow Food and Drug Administration guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants with a range of skin pigmentations, according to ...

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 ...

Individuals with darker skin tones may have difficulty using certain medical equipment according to recent studies.

The FDA announced its draft guidance on recommendations for studies assessing pulse oximeters to ensure the devices perform ...

Draft recommendations from the FDA call for larger, more inclusive studies to ensure pulse oximeters work for people with ...

Historically, companies haven’t been required to include a significant number of dark-skinned people in studies of pulse oximeters. “Quite frankly, how we’ve measured it hasn’t been ...

But her request for supplemental oxygen while hospitalized was denied, Starr said, because readings from a pulse oximeter on her finger falsely indicated that she was getting plenty of air on her own.