Masimo’s study looked back at pulse oximeter readings gathered from 39 Black and 36 white patients between October 2015 and July 2021, totaling more than 7,000 measurements.

Accuracy of Masimo SET® Pulse Oximetry in Black and White Volunteer Subjects: A Retrospective Review. Annual Meeting of the Society of Technology in Anesthesiology. Presented Jan 15, 2022.

New research has found that pulse oximetry readings — a tool used to measure blood oxygen saturation levels and guide treatment options for COVID-19 — have been less accurate in Black, Asian ...