Short-term thermal-humidity shock affects point-of-care glucose testing: Implications for health professionals and patients

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-88

  Lam, Mandy ^a   Louie, Richard F ^a   Curtis, Corbin M ^a   Ferguson, William J ^a   Vy, John H ^a   Truong, Anh Thu ^a   Sumner, Stephanie L ^a   Kost, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Environmental stress; Glucose test strip and meter performance; Measurement error; Patient safety; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TEST STRIP; THERMAL HUMIDITY SHOCK; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 84900553838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1932296813514325     Document Type: Article

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