Selection of a glycaemia measurement instrument in a hospital environment
Section: Hands on
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Egea González SC et ál. Elección del medidor de glucemia en un medio hospitalario. Metas de Enferm may 2011; 14(4): 69-74
Authors
1Silvia Cristina Egea González, 2Juan Carlos Sánchez García, 3Judith Fontanet Gay, 4Ana Mª Pérez Pico
Position
1Enfermera. Coordinadora de Recursos Materiales.2Enfermero. Supervisor de la Unidad de Cuidados Críticos.3
Contact address
Silvia Cristina Egea González. Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. C/ Budapest, 1. 28922 Alcorcón (Madrid).
Contact email: scegea@FHAlcorcón.es
Abstract
Glycaemia meters are a quick and easy to use tool for healthcare workers, and obtain very reliable results when compared to laboratory analyses. However, due to the specific characteristics of each instrument, their use cannot be extrapolated to all patients.
Some of the factors that should be taken into account because they may interfere with measurements and provide incorrect readings are hematocrit, oxygen saturation of haemoglobin, the presence of sugars such as maltose, maltotriose and galactose, which compete with glucose as a result of joining the strip’s enzyme and other substances that are not sugars, including certain drugs such as metmorphin, dopamine, ibuprofen, salicylates, antibiotics such as tetracyclines or diet components such as cholesterol or caffeine.
This work has been developed with the aim of providing basic information that enables healthcare workers to choose the glucose measurement instruments and reactive strips most suited to each type of patient.
Some of the factors that should be taken into account because they may interfere with measurements and provide incorrect readings are hematocrit, oxygen saturation of haemoglobin, the presence of sugars such as maltose, maltotriose and galactose, which compete with glucose as a result of joining the strip’s enzyme and other substances that are not sugars, including certain drugs such as metmorphin, dopamine, ibuprofen, salicylates, antibiotics such as tetracyclines or diet components such as cholesterol or caffeine.
This work has been developed with the aim of providing basic information that enables healthcare workers to choose the glucose measurement instruments and reactive strips most suited to each type of patient.
Keywords:
capillary glycaemia; critical care; glucose meter; Glycaemia measurement instrument; precisión
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