Our ICU currently do glucoses via the lab or on their own Radiometer Blood Gas Analyser. They want to use glucose meters for patients who are stable and waiting to leave ICU (eg bed-blocked). Are many other units allowing the use of meters on ICUs and do any have a writen policy of exclusion to prevent inappropriate use? We use Roche Advantage meters at present. My worries are very sick patients/colloids/very abnormal haematocrits etc. Do the same problems arise in Theatres also? Does ease of use lead to (unintentional) misuse? Dr Sue Walker, Salisbury, UK. [log in to unmask]
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