Pulse oximeters clip onto a fingertip and pass red and infrared light through the skin to gauge oxygen levels in the blood. It has been known since the 1970s that skin pigmentation can throw off readings, but the discrepancies were not believed to affect patient care.
"Nurses and doctors make the wrong decisions and end up giving less oxygen to people of color because they are fooled" by incorrect readings from pulse oximeters, said Dr. Leo Anthony Celi of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who oversaw the study. Researchers saw "occult hypoxemia" - an oxygen saturation level below 88% despite pulse oximeter readings of 92% to 96% - in 3.7% of blood samples from Asian patients, 3.7% of samples from Black patients, 2.8% of samples from non-Black Hispanic patients versus just 1.7% of samples from white patients, according to the report published in
Pulse oximetry can also be affected by obesity, medications used in critically ill patients, and other factors, Celi said.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
They shouldn't get any.
Who actually studies this sh-t? I mean really......let's take an already touchy situation and make it 1000 times worse!! Way to go!
THOSE FINGER OXIMETERS ARE RACIST!!!! BAN THEM ALL COME ON PAPI TRUDEAU
Please stop feeding us your BS!
Guys, read the article. The title is misleading. Kinda clickbait.
So obviously this is a technical problem not a racist problem as cp24 loves to twist and spin.
Your journalistic freedom should be revoked. This is absolute and utter bullshit.
Wtf is this!!! Really?
This is just more fakenews for divided. Its not racist because majority nurses and doc aren’t white.Second if this flaw was known,medical practitioners would make adjustments to make up oxygen depletion. MainStreamMedia just following liberal_party agenda 4 divide! cdnpoli
For crying out loud, stop this drivelling already.
dahn_jennifer Can you imagine believing this
Y’all commenters, talking about ‘racists machines’. It’s okay to be quiet if ya aint sure about certain things. Stop broadcasting your own racial biases or ignorance. There’re people working in AI who are dedicated to reducing biases or ‘racism’ being built into machines, today.
FakeNews
Not surprised. Just how they talk shit about non white countries and say they are a threat. Fear can paralyze common sense. Replies ignored
Oh bullshit. Ffs.
Wow…this is a far reach CP24. Propaganda journalism at its finest. Now oxygen respirators are racist!
Bias in design is a problem
Please
Since few people will actually read the article and just react to the headline: Oxygen levels are determined through an electronic fingerprint reader that determines how much oxygen the patient needs; darker skin tones give a more inaccurate reading so the oxygen given is less.
Glad to see most folks aren't biting the bait
el oh el Clown World🤡🤡🤡🤡
Those damn whites at it again with their.....uh... They somehow take more oxygen in the ICU than our prized minorities!!
I don’t know if I should be shocked by how ridiculous this is or if this is a new low for reporting. Either one. Gtfo
seriously, this is news? They get what they need. The hospital gets money for hospital stays for EVERY ITEM. Just stop the madness
Smh..That's why dem ah kill us all
'Nurses and doctors make the wrong decisions end up giving less oxygen to people of color because they are fooled' by incorrect readings from pulse oximeters, said Dr. Leo Anthony Celi of Harvard Medical School who oversaw the study'
there are soooooooo many factors on why people may or may not need oxygen , to simply chalk it up to race is a joke
this has to be fake 😒 no one in their right mind would do this.
Oh ffs.
It's not a surprise anyway.
Don’t believe this for a second!
We were here first. And don’t tell me about the Indians, they lost. We got dibs!
Slow news day?
I have really low expectations for you guys, but really?
What a crock of shit!
You guys love the USA more than Canada eh?
CP 24 you seriously need to stop with the propaganda..| whatever it takes to stir the shitpot.
How would you even begin to pull that data? You mean to tell me a black nurse or Hispanic nurse would do that to their race. That’s crazy
Corrupt legacy media pulling out all the stops to pump out unnecessary hate and division.
Are you looking to cause problems? Hope this is NOT happening!!!AND the Media for even putting this out!!!!
Headlines like this cause racism
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why are you spreading more hate?
Between 2008 and 2019..... So they've known about the flaw in the pulse oximeters. And we're talking about it now?
A government created Genocide
Dtaz racist
So even oxygen is Racist 🤣🤣
Those pesky whites useing up all the oxygen.
Show proof that non whites didn't get oxygen because of their skin colour...
In other words, water is wet; CP24 is more likely to daily publish images of black men linked to crimes than those of white men, blacks in the US gets less oxygen at the hospitals than whites!! Did I get that right, if so then tell us something New, we already know these things.
That's an incredibly dishonest title. knows that people will read it thinking that hospitals intentionally give less oxygen to people who aren't white. Just adding the word 'unintentionally' would be more honest and get people to read the story to find out why it happens.
And Anne frank had white privledge.... 😂
U have got to be kidding me where do u even come up with this crap
No shit!
....this is bs
Misleading headline. Pretty disgusting all the race baiting the media is pumping out. I wonder who the puppet master is, and what’s the agenda? And as a side note - can the Apple Watch make the same mistake with readings?
Do that survey here, let’s compare
That’s a load of crap. You are starting to report like the Enquirer
Honestly who the F are doing these kind of studies when we have so many people sleeping hungry overnight ?
How about a headline with a less Racially Inflammatory tone.....'Skin Pigmentation may affect O2 sensors study finds'...Clearly the lead in asserts insidious racism that would see less oxygen delivered to non whites intentionally....disgusting as usual
Read the article. The headline is misleading as usual. CP24 is a joke.
WTF you gotta be shitting me ,is this for real
So knowing the equipment is 3% racist, could you not add that % to the reading and adjust flow accordingly
Hmm. i had to wait while non whites were vaccinated first. just saying.
Lies24
How the heck could doctors and nurses make a wrong decision like that…I’m believing that has to be deliberate and it is so frigging wrong….damn
It would appear employees of CP24 receive far less oxygen than anyone else on a daily basis.
Give my balls a break.
What in the actual fuck.?
Oh, stop it - just stop it!
This is because non-whites have smaller braincells , Experts say .
AndrewCote91 Is there anyone in charge of anything. These psy ops are obvious. How do we stop ‘News’ from doing this
I would honestly love to know who approves these article titles…🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ Everything from these days always seems to tie race into everything. Do we have problems? Sure. Things need fixing? Yes. Titles like this are disgusting and not professional at all. DO BETTER PLEASE.
LMAO 🤣 YAAAA OOOOOK !!! RACE BAIT SOME MORE WHY DON'T YA 🤦♂️
MSM sold their souls to the devil publicizing this nonsense. We are under attack by fake news to which it feeds their propaganda. Enough! We see through you all....
CP 24 at it again 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
AndrewCote91 ‘News’ who is posting this crapCLEARLY meant to cause what what are you doing
AndrewCote91 What
Stupid misleading headline !
So are they going to do anything about it, or just let us know that it is a problem?
CTV doing CTV and things.
😆
Next on the Don Lemon show........stay tuned!
What the fuck
Clickbait
Acting like this is new with their healthcare system
I almost took the bait and raged before reading through comments to clarify. You still don't get my click! Not gonna lie, you almost had me there.
Sorry we can't turn the dial a lil. You're not white. But neither are the Dr and nurses. Hey don't question science. What are you a Nazi?
What the ?
Headlines like this are the reason people hate the media. Be better. You know it's inflammatory and most won't actually read it.
Omg this is hilarious. This was actually a study. Mankind is fucked!
They knew this headline would get attention and reactions from people that won't actually read the article.
What the hell kind of bullshit story is this?
Infrared light is racist.
... at one hospital in Boston.
Lmao Stop
I don't know how you go to work everyday with the constant race-baiting and fearmongering
I call bullshit
Who still believes this non sense
What? Who are these 'evil' forms hiding as medical, healthcare workers. And if they are being told to do this, they are even worse. Stand up for what is right! Lowlifes in healthcare
Oh please
Are u fucking kidding? What kind of nurses and doctors do we have
No words.
Holy Toledo I can’t believe you went with this . I’m assuming you got the Trudeau Mediabailout ?
Wow. Trying to wage war on whites.
mini_bubbly Why do we care so much about US shit?
And today on Let's Race Bait.....
Lol
This world is going crazy
Okaaaaay lmao
what about if you're only 50% non-white....
Sure…
I feel like if you said 'blacks' that would be racist but whites is fine 🤔
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