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FDA's New Pulse Oximeter Guidance: Stricter Standards, Ongoing Challenges

The FDA's 2025 pulse oximetry guidance introduces stricter accuracy standards, larger study cohorts, and objective skin pigmentation assessment to address measurement bias in darker-skinned patients.

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  • Kathryn Wighton

  • March 11, 2025

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FDA's New Pulse Oximeter Guidance: Stricter Standards, Ongoing Challenges

  • by Kathryn Wighton

  • March 11, 2025

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