[The use of alcohol as a disinfectant of the puncture when measuring capillary glycemia. Does it change the value of glycemia?].
OBJECTIVE
To check whether cleaning with alcohol the area where capillary glycaemia is determined affects its values.


METHODS
An intervention study.


METHODS
A nursing clinic in a Primary Care Health centre.


METHODS
300 adult diabetic patients were included. They were selected consecutively and allocated at random to one of three groups of 100. A different intervention was performed on each group, with application or otherwise of alcohol to the finger before the puncture to obtain capillary blood. The three groups were comparable in age and sex. Two determinations of glycaemia were performed consecutively on each patient (repeated measurements).


RESULTS
There were no significant differences between the three groups in the repeated measurements.


CONCLUSIONS
Applying alcohol to the fingers did not affect the determinations of capillary glycaemia in the third-generation measurers.
Meneu Montoliu
V
V
Centro de Salud de Onda, Castelló.
Cerdà Alfonso
V
V
Canós Molinos
J
J
Castaño Linares
C
C
Grifo Mañá
B
B
Monasor Giménez
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D002196:Capillaries; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood; D004202:Disinfectants; D000431:Ethanol; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012016:Reference Values
D001786:Blood Glucose; D004202:Disinfectants; D000431:Ethanol