Glucose meter inaccuracy and the impact on the care of patients

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-209

  Hellman, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Heart of Amer Diabet Res Found   (United States)

^c American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Diabetes; FDA; Glucose meter accuracy; Glucose meter precision; Glucose meter strips; ICU glycemic control; Inpatient glycemic control; Interfering substances; ISO standards; Medical errors; Operating error; Operating rooms; Outliers; Patient error; Patient safety; POC glucose meters; Provider error; Total analytic error

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; MALTOSE; MANNITOL; PARACETAMOL; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE; XYLOSE;

ACIDOSIS; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CRITICAL CARE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84858133080     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2271     Document Type: Note

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