Treatment
Patient and Professional Education
Î The ES recommends diabetes self-management education targeting
short-term goals that focus on survival skills:
• basic meal planning
• medication administration
• BG monitoring
• hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia detection, treatment, and prevention. (1|⊕
)
Î The ES recommends identifying resources in the community to which
patients can be referred for continuing diabetes self-management
education after discharge. (1|⊕
)
Î The ES recommends ongoing staff education to update diabetes
knowledge, as well as targeted staff education whenever an adverse event
related to diabetes management occurs. (1|⊕
)
Glycemic Control Program in the Hospital
Î The ES recommends that hospitals provide administrative support for
an interdisciplinary steering committee targeting a systems approach to
improve care of inpatients with hyperglycemia and diabetes. (1|⊕⊕⊕
)
Î The ES recommends that each institution establish a uniform method of
collecting and evaluating POC testing data and insulin use information
as a way of monitoring the safety and efficacy of the glycemic control
program. (1|⊕
)
Î The ES recommends that institutions provide accurate devices for
glucose measurement at the bedside and ongoing staff competency
assessments. (1|⊕
)
