In an effort to address ongoing efficiency concerns with pulse oximeters among patients of color, the FDA recently convened a public meeting with the Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel.
The concern is that some pulse oximeters are not calibrated to accurately read through darker skin tones. A study presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists found that Black race was associated with a 26% increased chance of inconsistency in oxygen