Improving Technology BLOOD GLUCOSE TESTING

Nurses frequently monitor blood glucose at the patientʼs bedside, allowing timely assessment and interventions. To meet the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizationʼs requirements and guidelines from National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards and College of American Patholog...

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Published inNursing management Vol. 25; no. 12; pp. 36 - 38
Main Authors GRANNEMAN, STEPHANIE A, COCHRAN, JANE E, ROSS, LORETTA P, EVANS, MARIA L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States by Springhouse Corporation 01.12.1994
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Subjects
Accreditation
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring - instrumentation
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring - nursing
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring - standards
Blood tests
Compliance
Documentation
FDA approval
Glucose monitoring
Humans
Laboratories
Medical equipment
Nurses
Nursing
Patients
Pilot Projects
Quality Assurance, Health Care - organization & administration
Quality Control
VDTs
Video display terminals
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Summary:Nurses frequently monitor blood glucose at the patientʼs bedside, allowing timely assessment and interventions. To meet the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizationʼs requirements and guidelines from National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards and College of American Pathologists, quality control compliance must be maintained. After testing three blood glucose monitors, one institution selected a machine that eliminated handwritten documentation, ensured quality control testing, and improved ease of use.
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ISSN:0744-6314
1538-8670
DOI:10.1097/00006247-199412010-00010