Pulse Oximetry and Skin Pigmentation-New Guidance From the FDA

JAMA. 2025 Apr 22;333(16):1393-1395. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.1959.

Authors

Michael S Lipnick^{1

2}, Odinakachukwu Ehie¹, Elizabeth N Igaga³, Philip Bicker^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco.
² UCSF Hypoxia Research Laboratory, San Francisco, California.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Makerere University, Uganda.

PMID: 40042945
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.1959

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Plain language summary

This Perspective discusses new FDA guidance for pulse oximeters that aims to reduce disparities in device performance related to skin pigment.