22 Nov 2021

Concerns home isolation cases not informed on oximeter

From Checkpoint, 6:16 pm on 22 November 2021

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Health experts are concerned some people self-isolating with Covid-19 aren't getting enough information on how to use a small device that measures oxygen levels.

Nearly everyone isolating at home with the virus is supposed to get a pulse oximeter, but new research shows they can overstate the amount of oxygen present in the blood of people with darker skin.

Kim Moodie has the story.

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