Problems with pulse oximeters have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that the real dangers to Black patients became clear.

The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten to derail efforts to fix racial ...

Pulse oximeters were invented in 1974, and the evidence of flawed pulse oximeter readings in people with dark skin dates to the 1980s. One study, published in 2022, found that among more than ...

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 ...

At that time, the FDA cautioned that while pulse ox devices can be useful, the light-based, fingertip readers may be inaccurate among users with darker skin in addition to providing varying ...

In 1995 Nonin Medical revolutionized pulse oximetry with the Onyx. Hundreds of thousands of people trust Onyx, the first self-contained digital fingertip pulse oximeter. Incorporating the ...

“Part of their marketing plan is to say, like, ‘Look, our pulse oximeter performs accurately,’” said Michael Sjoding, an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of ...