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FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones

(CNN) — 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 ...
MedPage Today

Pulse Oximeter Failings for Darker-Skinned People Might Not Have a Simple Solution

In the EXAKT study from the U.K., the home-use pulse oximeters assessed all gave higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings for patients with darker skin tones than for patients with lighter skin tones.
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FDA updates recommendations to enhance pulse oximeter performance

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published new draft guidelines aimed at improving the accuracy and performance of pulse oximeters by considering the range of skin tones. The guidance, Pulse ...
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FDA’s promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias

The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of ...
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Diversity Reporting Improved in Pulse Oximetry Testing After FDA Guidance

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 issued in 2013, an analysis of ...
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FDA’s promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias

OAKLAND, Calif. — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an ...