Inpatient capillary glucose monitoring: a useful adjunct to the management of diabetes in community hospitals.
Nursing personnel in two rural hospitals were taught to measure capillary blood glucose with a reflectance meter. Reflectance meter readings correlated well with laboratory blood glucose on all hospital units (R = .977 to .944) and were clinically useful. Measurements on a designated diabetes unit showed the closest correlation to laboratory measurements (P less than or equal to .001). Capillary blood glucose measurements are a feasible alternative to urine glucose testing in community hospitals.
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D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007629:Kentucky; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*