Effects of dynamic temperature and humidity stresses on point-of-care glucose testing for disaster care

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-240

  Louie, Richard F ^a   Ferguson, William J ^a   Sumner, Stephanie L ^a   Yu, Jimmy N ^a   Curtis, Corbin M ^a   Kost, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Austere environments; Disaster preparedness; Hurricane Katrina; Medical errors; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HURRICANE; MEDICAL ERROR; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TEST STRIP;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MEDICAL ERRORS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT STRIPS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84867793039     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.42     Document Type: Article

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