Meeting
Abstract Number: 327
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Insulin is the preferred agent to manage hyperglycemia in the hospital. However, it is considered a high alert medication due to risk of hypoglycemia and severity of adverse events. In our institution, three hospitals currently use an order for correctional insulin based on a formula, in which the nurse calculates the dosage using the […]