The influence of a soiled finger in capillary blood glucose monitoring

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 330-331

  Hortensius, J ^a   Kleefstra, N ^a   Slingerland, R J ^a   Fokkert, M J ^a   Groenier, K H ^b   Houweling, S T ^a,c   Bilo, H J G ^a,d  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c General Practice Sleeuwijk ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; GLUCOSE; SUGAR;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CACAO; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLEANING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FRUIT; HAND WASHING; HONEY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; FINGERS; HUMANS;

EID: 77957735260     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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