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Pulse oximeter devices routinely overestimate blood oxygen levels in Black patients
(news.stanford.edu)
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dart board;; science bs
rule #1: be kind
Hospital devices already do this (kind of), like I said this really only applies to those shitty cheap ones you can get at Walgreens. If the oximeter has a power supply you can get the light bright enough to offset any skin tone. No one should be basing critical medical decisions on those cheap battery models, even if they didn't have this inherent problem.