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Experts say new FDA guidance may not go far enough to address pulse oximeters’ racial bias
Experts say new FDA guidance may not go far enough to address pulse oximeters’ racial bias
Experts say new FDA guidance may not go far enough to address pulse oximeters’ racial bias

Published on: 10/07/2024

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A health worker uses a pulse oximeter to check the oxygen saturation level of another after administering COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Gauhati, India, Jan. 21, 2021. The clip-on devices that use light to try to determine levels of oxygen in the blood are getting a closer look from U.S. regulators after recent studies suggest they don't work as well for patients of color.

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 organ failure and death.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2024/10/experts-say-new-fda-guidance-might-not-go-far-enough-to-address-pulse-oximeters-racial-bias.html

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