This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Validation of Point-of-Care Glucose Testing for Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 2Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Received 6 September 2013 Accepted 23 November 2013 Copyright 2013 Marijana Vui Lovreni et al. Validation Of Point-of-care Glucose Testing For Diagnosis Of Type 2 Diabetes Three types of initiatives are underway to improve the accuracy of point-of-care (POC) blood glucose monitoring in hospitals, including efforts to 1) improve the accuracy of blood glucose monitoring devices, 2) eliminate s Second, achieving target glycemic levels using accurate blood glucose monitoring is necessary to improve outcomes of hospitalized patients. First, an ever-increasing acutely ill mix of patients can be found in hospitals, and these patients can break down quickly if they develop either hypo- or hyperglycemia. Two trends in hospital care are making it more important than ever for patients to be accurately tested for abnormal glucose levels while in the hospital. It is necessary to monitor blood glucose levels in these patients so that appropriate types and quantities of medications and food can be delivered to them. Diabetes and hyperglycemia are common problems for hospitalized patients. These include 1) proper preparation of test sites to avoid preanalytical errors, 2) proper identification of tested patients whose physiological status permits sampled capillary specimens to correlate with central venous blood glucose levels to avoid analytical errors, and 3) proper documentation of the fidelity of meter results with the medical record to avoid postanalytical errors.
Accurate POC glucose testing requires attention to various factors before, during, and after performance of tests. POC testing is a widely used tool to enable immediate determination of glucose levels in hospitalized patients and facilitate rapid treatment decisions in response to fluctuations in glycemia. Point-of-care (POC) tests provide analytical information that can be used to make decisions at patients' bedside, as opposed to laboratory tests that must be run at a central laboratory. Point-of-care Blood Glucose Meter Accuracy In The Hospital Setting
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