FDA Clears Masimo Pediatric Brain Function Monitoring and EEG Sensor
The FDA has cleared Masimo SedLine brain function monitoring for pediatric patients under the age of 18 and its SedLine Pediatric EEG Sensor.
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Georgia’s COVID-19 Response Team Gets New Batch of Medical Equipment
WHO has supplied an additional 180 oxygen concentrators, 2,000 pulse oximeters, and other medical equipment to outpatient units in villages in Georgia.
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Severity of COVID Pneumonia Pulse Oximeter Readings Unreliable for Ethnic Groups
The severity of COVID-19 pneumonia can be difficult to assess in people from different ethnic groups, due to inaccurate readings from pulse oximeters.
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Masimo’s Pulse Oximetry Is Not Racially Biased, According to Company Officials
Masimo’s technology showed no clinically significant bias on user ethnicity, based on data collected from black and white volunteer subjects.
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Tips for Testing Patient Monitors
Vital signs monitors frequently top the U.S. FDA’s recall list, due to their ability to cause patient harm. In fact, the FDA database includes many reports of non-invasive blood pressure failures, incorrect oxygen values, electrocardiogram (ECG) signal errors, and more. This compounds the importance of ensuring patient monitoring systems are accurate and safe to use.
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