Portable blood glucose meters. Teaching patients how to correctly monitor diabetes.
Self-monitoring of blood glucose is an important component of treatment in patients with diabetes. Recent improvements in glucose meters have made patient self-testing more reliable and less dependent on user technique. However, success of the process depends on the training, reassessment, and support of the patient by the healthcare team.
Burritt
M F
MF
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
Hanson
E
E
Munene
N E
NE
Zimmerman
B R
BR
D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011786:Quality Control