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let s hear more from the health secretary sajid javid about his concerns over pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen in the blood. mrjavid was speaking to the bbc. i think possibly, yes, yes. i don t have the full facts, and that will be a cross. these oximeters are being used in every country and they have the same problem, and the reason is a lot of these medical devices, even some of the drugs, and some of the procedures, some of the textbooks, most of them are put together in majority white countries and i think there s a systemic issue around this. the health secretary sajid javid. joining me now is dr michael sjoding from the university of michigan. he led research on racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement last year, finding a critical need to understand and correct racial bias in medical technologies.