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I do think it would be difficult, right? these devices are used around the world and to change regulations and require additional testing is going to be a lot of work and a lot of expense so i think it is critical for government leaders too, sort of, set the tone and set a new standard because, yeah, ithink set the tone and set a new standard because, yeah, i think it is going to be work but i think it is absolutely necessary work. doctor michael from _ absolutely necessary work. doctor michael from the _ absolutely necessary work. doctor michael from the university - absolutely necessary work...

The short—term question here is whether we can stay free from further covid restrictions. dan johnson, bbc news. let's stay with that concern over pulse oximeters, mentioned in danjohson�*s report. dr michael sjoding is from the university of michigan. he led research on racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement last year, finding a critical need to understand and correct racial bias in medical technologies. he told me more about his findings. this research came from the covid pandemic. i am a practising pulmonary physician and during the pandemic when caring for certain patients we notice...

Until her clinical rotation in the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Valeria Valbuena, M.D., then a surgical resident at University of

A T THE PEAK of the coronavirus epidemic in America, hospitals needed to triage patients. Only the sickest were admitted. Others were sent home to self-monitor. One measure used to determine the severity of an individual’s illness was his blood-oxygen level. The devices typically employed to do this, known as pulse oximeters, are easy to use. They clip onto a fingertip like a clothes peg. Regrettably, they record some darker-skinned patients as being healthier than they really are. This may have resulted in people who needed hospital treatment being denied it. Listen to this story Enjoy mor...

Pulse oximeters may be inaccurate on people of color, FDA warns By Kate Gibson Doctor argues why pulse oximeters are needed Pulse oximeters — viewed as a critical in the fight against COVID-19 — may not work as advertised for people of color. "The devices may be less accurate in people with dark skin pigmentation," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated in a safety notice posted on Friday. The FDA's warning offers a toned-down version of recent and even years-ago research finding racial disparities in the performance of pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen lev...