Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for ...
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now ...
New draft guidelines would increase the number of people with darker skin who should be included in clinical trials of the ...
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more ...
Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their ...
The agency is proposing that device manufacturers improve their testing to including larger, more diverse sample sizes.
Pulse oximeters -- those tiny devices that measure blood oxygen levels with a quick clip to your finger -- may soon get a ...
Rather than relying on those testing the devices to judge skin tones, the draft guidance suggests manufacturers should use ...
Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for patients of color ...
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 ...
The FDA released the guidance in response to concerns that the devices are less accurate in people with darker skin ...
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