CNN5 天
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker ...
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 ...
CNN5 天
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker ...
In 2013, the FDA issued premarket guidance for developers of pulse oximeters in which it recommended that they have “a range of skin pigmentation” represented in their clinical testing of the ...
The Hill5 天
New FDA guidance aims to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people of color
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more clinical data to show the devices accurately work across a range of skin tones.
scrippsnews5 天
FDA calling on pulse oximeter makers to make life-saving changes to devices
Pulse oximeters send light beams through your finger to evaluate your pulse rate and the oxygen saturation of your blood. Pulse oximeters, a device used to measure oxygen in the blood, could get a ...
WTKR5 天
FDA calling on pulse oximeter makers to make life-saving changes to devices
Pulse oximeters send light beams through your finger to evaluate your pulse rate and the oxygen saturation of your blood. Pulse oximeters, a device used to measure oxygen in the blood, could get a ...
medtechdive6 天
FDA issues much-anticipated guidance on pulse oximeters
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released much-anticipated testing recommendations for pulse oximeters. The draft guidance follows years of discussion about concerns that the devices can be ...
Star Tribune5 天
FDA recommends more robust testing of pulse oximeters to avoid bias in people with dark ...
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday bolstered its recommendations for pulse oximeter testing following public uproar over how inaccurate readings led to different medical care for patients ...
FierceBiotech6 天
FDA issues draft guidance on ensuring pulse oximeter accuracy across skin tones
The FDA has published a set of long-awaited recommendations to the industry to help ensure pulse oximeters work correctly across all skin tones. The agency’s new draft guidance document comes ...
Yahoo5 天
Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that
FILE - 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. (AP Photo/Anupam ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution5 天
Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color
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.
WISN 12 NEWS5 天
Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that
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.