Javid orders probe into medical device racial bias

Javid orders probe into medical device racial bias A review into whether medical devices are equally effective regardless of the patient's ethnicity has been ordered by Health Secretary Sajid Javid.

Research suggests oximeters, which are clipped to a person's finger, can overstate the level of oxygen in the blood of people from ethnic minorities.

Ministers want to know whether bias could have prevented patients receiving appropriate Covid treatment. BBC News

See also: 

• Review launched into the health impact of potential bias in medical devices Department of Health and Social Care
• Sajid Javid: 'Medical device racial bias not acceptable' BBC News
• From oximeters to AI, where bias in medical devices may lurk The Guardian
• Bias in medical devices may have led to avoidable UK Covid deaths, says Javid The Guardian
• Review to be launched into racial and gender bias in medical devices The Independent