Significant insulin dose errors may occur if blood glucose results are obtained from miscoded meters

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Raine III, Charles H ^a   Schrock, Linda E ^b   Edelman, Steven V ^c   Mudaliar, Sunder Raj D ^c   Zhong, Weiping ^d   Proud, Lois J ^d   Parkes, Joan Lee ^d  

^a Diabetes Control Center   (United States)

^b is an assistant professor of nursing at Bethel College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocode; Autocoded blood glucose meter; Blood glucose; Blood glucose meter; Insulin dose error; Manual code; Miscoded meter; Monte Carlo simulation; Self monitoring of blood glucose; User error

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148935891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680700100211     Document Type: Article

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