FDA Advisory Panel Agrees Pulse Oximeter Skin Pigment Discrepancies Pose Clinical Threat
Executive Summary
The FDA’s Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices advisory panel met to discuss racial and skin-pigmentation bias in pulse oximeter devices as well as recommendations for the agency.
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