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nhs england and the body that regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters also known as 0ximeters after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more here s our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. this women caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so, basically, you flip the lid, put yourfinger in. she had been monitoring her levels at home with the pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels. even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was you really did leave it too late. had you left it any longer, iwould have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that has led to nhs england
in people with darker skin. with more here s our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. ranjit caught coronavirus in september last year, and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so you basically flip the lid, put yourfinger in. she d been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the metre consistently told her she was in safe levels, even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was, you really did leave it too late. had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that s led to nhs england and the body that regulates the use of medical devices, the mhra, issuing new advice. they say people shouldn t use the devices at home without speaking to a medical professional, and to monitor oxygen levels over time.
low oxygen levels are a primary indicator of serious covid infection, and those treating patients in hospital have expressed concerns about the use of the technology on minority ethnic individuals. it is something i would pick up on at least once a day with maybe two or three patients on a daily basis. it s quite possible that someone s oxygen levels are measured and they seem normal when actually they were truly low, and because they seemed normal they might have been sent home and denied the steroids and oxygen which we would normally have been giving to patients. and it s possible that that, therefore, may have led to them becoming more unwell and potentially even dying. oxygen is one of the most common treatments given in medical emergencies, and doctors stress accurate readings are vital when assessing patients. nhs england say they are keeping the situation under review and have commissioned further research into the issue. amara sophia elahi, bbc news. carriejohnson, the prime m
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