FDA Unveils Draft Guidance to Improve Pulse Oximeter Accuracy Across Skin Tones
The FDA recommendations apply to only professional oximeters used in hospitals, doctor's offices, and other medical settings.
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now ...
FDA seeks to boost accuracy of blood-oxygen monitors across skin tones
The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed new guidelines for widely-used blood oxygen monitoring devices to improve their ...
FDA Pushes to Improve Blood Oxygen Monitor Accuracy Across Skin Tones
The FDA's draft recommendations for pulse oximeters aims to include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with ...
FDA seeks to boost blood oxygen monitor accuracy across skin tones
The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed a new guidance for widely used blood oxygen monitoring devices to improve their ...
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FDA releases long-awaited guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for all skin tones
Rather than relying on those testing the devices to judge skin tones, the draft guidance suggests manufacturers should use ...
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A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more ...
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Decades-Old Problem Of Pulse Oximetry Across Skin Tones Targeted By New Draft FDA Guidance
Darker skin tones are typically the result of the presence of more of the pigment melanin, which can interfere with the absorption of light from the pulse oximeter. In practical terms, this means that ...
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FDA issues draft guidance on ensuring pulse oximeter accuracy across skin tones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 that pulse oximeters work correctly across all skin tones. | The FDA has published a set of long-awaited ...
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Improving Skin Tone Disparities of Pulse Oximeters
The agency is proposing that device manufacturers improve their testing to including larger, more diverse sample sizes.