Kumasi, Jan. 23, GNA – The Kofi Job Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Kofi Job Construction Limited, has paid an amount of GHc 1,000,000.00 to settle the bills of 250 patients in three health ...

The pulse oxymeters rely on measuring the amount of light passing through a person's finger. Besides blood, this light can ...

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.

Researchers from UCSF are leading an effort to find out which pulse oximeters work equally well on all skin colors. NBC News' Erika Edwards reports.

Individuals with darker skin tones may have difficulty using certain medical equipment according to recent studies.

Masimo's family of continuous and spot-check monitoring Pulse CO-Oximeters ® includes devices designed for use in a variety of clinical and non-clinical scenarios, including tetherless, wearable ...

In 2023, the reprocessing program at one of its 14 hospitals, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, saved $1.7 million and ...

At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their ...

The FDA announced its draft guidance on recommendations for studies assessing pulse oximeters to ensure the devices perform similarly in individuals with different skin pigments, according to a press ...

Draft recommendations from the FDA call for larger, more inclusive studies to ensure pulse oximeters work for people with ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants with a range of skin pigmentations, ...