Improving Technology BLOOD GLUCOSE TESTING

• Published in: Nursing 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
• Language: English
• 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; United States > US

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...