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People with darker skin are 32% more likely to have pulse oximeter readings overestimate oxygen levels, report says

(CNN) — Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones – and now, a new report offers some insight into just how much more inaccurate these ...
The New York Times

Faulty Oxygen Readings Delayed Care to Black and Hispanic Covid Patients, Study Finds

Pulse oximeters routinely overestimated levels of oxygen in the blood in darker-skinned Covid patients, leading to delays in treatment and hospital readmissions, according to a research article ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

FDA panel to examine evidence that pulse oximeters may not work as well on dark skin

As an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Owais Durrani sees this issue regularly first-hand: When he clamps a pulse oximeter onto a patient's fingertip to measure their blood oxygen levels, the small ...
The Times Leader

Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that

A health worker uses a pulse oximeter to check the oxygen saturation level of another after administering a COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Gauhati, India, Jan. 21, 2021. WASHINGTON — Makers of ...