Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now ...

The agency is proposing that device manufacturers improve their testing to including larger, more diverse sample sizes.

Pulse oximeters measure the amount of light that passes through the skin as a way to estimate how much oxygen is in a patient’s red blood cells. Melanin, which absorbs light that passes through ...

Pulse oximeters are small finger-clamp devices ... to “prominently display appropriate warnings” in the devices’ instructions, such as informing patients that “differences in skin ...

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 ...