FDA's promised guidelines on pulse oximeters unlikely to end ... - CBS News
WEB1 day ago · State attorneys general and U.S. senators have pressed the FDA to take steps to eliminate pulse oximetry's racial bias, which has caused delays in treatment and worse health outcomes, and...
FDA’s Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely To End …
WEB1 day ago · For decades, the pulse oximeters used in hospitals, ambulances, and homes have underestimated the oxygen needs of darker-skinned patients. The FDA is preparing guidelines to fix that. But will the new rules go far enough?
FDA guidance for more equitable pulse oximeters haven't been …
WEBOct 1, 2024 · New guidelines to encourage device manufacturers to make pulse oximeters more equitable for patients with darker skin have not been released by the Food and Drug Administration, despite agency...
FDA panel recommends new standards for pulse oximeters amid …
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · The FDA issued a warning in 2021 that pulse oximeters pose a “risk of inaccuracy under certain circumstances,” and a group of attorneys general last year urged the agency to “act with urgency” to address the devices’ race and color bias.
Why inaccuracies with pulse oximeters were ignored for so long
WEBNov 1, 2022 · A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday will take up the issue of whether pulse oximeters, the ubiquitous medical devices that became a mainstay for assessing patient oxygen...
FDA panel recommends more diversity in pulse oximeter trials
WEBFeb 3, 2024 · The longstanding problem of pulse oximeters providing less-accurate readings for people with dark skin tones got another look Friday from a panel of experts for the US Food and Drug...
FDA panel examines evidence that pulse oximeters may not work …
WEBNov 1, 2022 · One study on flawed pulse oximeter readings, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine in July, found that among more than 3,000 hospitalized patients receiving intensive care, Asian,...
Medical device bias needs immediate action - review - BBC News
WEBMar 11, 2024 · Health reporter. Immediate action is needed to tackle the impact of ethnic and other biases in the use of medical devices, an independent review says. It found pulse oximeter devices could be...
Since COVID, concern grows over race-based skin bias in pulse oximeters ...
WEBFeb 13, 2023 · A health worker uses an oximeter to monitor the pulse and oxygen saturation levels of a resident during a door-to-door survey to check for Covid-19 coronavirus symptoms at a low income ...
A growing push to fix pulse oximeters’ flawed readings in ... - CNN
WEBDec 7, 2022 · CNN — As a triple threat of respiratory illnesses – flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV – sweeps the United States, emergency departments are using one small tool more than...