News and notices. January 21, 2015

Clinical skills series: Measuring blood glucose

Figures 1 – 4. Image credit: Elmien Wolvaardt Ellison
Figures 1 – 4. Image credit: Elmien Wolvaardt Ellison

Dianne Pickering and Janet Marsden, nurse advisors to the journal, explain why eye care workers measure blood glucose and when and how to carry out the procedure. They also give some top tips on patient safety and comfort, what to do if you can’t get blood from the finger prick and how to calibrate a blood glucose monitor.

Read the full article: How to measure blood glucose.

View all the articles in the clinical skills series.