Tuesday 18 February 2022
Venue Virtual via Microsoft Teams
Present members
- Professor Andrew Farmer (Programme Director and Chair)
- Professor Rupert Pearse
- Professor Caroline Free
- Dr Pollyanna Hardy
- Professor Rakesh Heer
- Professor Kerry Hood
- Ms Debby Lennard
- Professor Yoon Loke
- Associate Professor Antonieta Medina-Lara
- Professor Craig Ramsey
- Professor Charlotte Summers
- Associate Professor Lyvonne Tume
Providing written comments
- Professor James Wason
- Professor Dan Perry
NETSCC, HTA Secretariat
- Dr Martin Ashton-Key (Consultant Advisor)
- Karen Williams (Senior Research Manager)
- Kathy Tier (Research Manager)
- Hebe Sims (Assistant Research Manager)
Apologies
None
Guest
Tim Straughan (NHSE&I)
Quoracy Information
Voting members: 11 Quorum = 7
Voting members present: 11 (100%)
21/608 Diagnostic accuracy of pulse oximeters Call
NIHR151854 - What is the diagnostic accuracy of different pulse oximeters at oxygen saturationlevels (SpO2) relevant to their use by patients at home and how does this vary in people with darker pigmentation and skin tones?
(Dr Cathal Breen, University of Ulster)
Chair: Andrew Farmer
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR152101 - Diagnostic accuracy of pulse oximetry in people with different skin colours
(Dr Susannah Fleming, University of Oxford)
Chair: Rupert Pearse
Conflicts: Andrew Farmer, Kerry Hood
Decision: Decline
NIHR152142 - Does skin tone influence the accuracy of pocket pulse oximeters?
(Dr Emmanuel Akinluyi, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Andrew Farmer
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR152001 - Pulse oximeters and skin tone: is there a problem, and if so, why is this and what can be done about it?
(Professor Daniel Clark, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust)
Chair: Andrew Farmer
Conflicts: Pollyanna Hardy
Decision: Decline
NIHR151829 - Rapid evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of pulse oximetry: a multi-centre prospective observational diagnostic test accuracy study (EDI-OX study)
(Dr Keith Couper, University of Warwick)
Chair: Rakesh Heer
Conflicts: Andrew Farmer, Kerry Hood, Lyvonne Tume, Pollyanna Hardy, Rupert Pearse
Decision: Decline
NIHR151904 - A prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study of different pulse oximeters at oxygen saturation levels relevant to their use by patients at home, and how the accuracy varies in people with darker pigmentation and skin tones.
(Dr Andrew Tabner, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Andrew Farmer
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR152078 - A study within a trial to determine the effect of skin tone on the diagnostic accuracy of pulse oximeters
(Professor Daniel Martin, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre)
Chair: Andrew Farmer
Conflicts: Lyvonne Tume
Decision: Fund with milestone changes