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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Online retailers stop sales of some blood oxygen monitors after investigation

Pulse oximeters have boomed in popularity as a result of Covid, with millions of people keeping one at home.
Pulse oximeters have boomed in popularity as a result of Covid, with millions of people keeping one at home. Photograph: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Amazon, eBay and Wish have stopped stocking some monitors that let people keep track of their blood oxygen levels after an investigation found they were not fit to be sold.

The online marketplaces removed a number of pulse oxygen testing devices known as oximeters from sale after being alerted to flaws identified by the consumer organisation Which?

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