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A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more ...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Rather than relying on those testing the devices to judge skin tones, the draft guidance suggests manufacturers should use ...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 ...
The FDA released the guidance in response to concerns that the devices are less accurate in people with darker skin ...
Read more on how to protect your cats from catching the bird flu. (PBS News) A recent study found that there has been little improvement in developing pulse oximeters that work on darker skin.
the sensing network would be able to detect and distinguish the individual heartbeats and respiration rates of every patient in the room without the aid of intrusive sensors like electrocardiogram ...