Glucostabilizer Carbohydrate Coverage

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Specializes in ICU.

Hello,

Has anyone had any issues using the GlucoStabilizer for Insulin gtt's and carbohydrate coverage? Our nurses in the CVICU are hesitant to cover carbs because of the little amount of food POD 1 CABG patients eat, however, we've had 2 fallouts where our 18-24 hour blood sugars have been >180. I just wanted to see if anyone else was having an issue with carb coverage for inslulin gtt's in general, and how your unit was able to tackle this obstacle.

Also, any advice on how your facility goes about keeping blood sugars

Thank you!

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Specializes in ICU.

So what happens if the BS > 180? Does JCAHO come down on you?

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Specializes in ICU.

Keeping the blood sugar

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I haven't seen the GlucoStabilizer program in a while, but it used to use an 80-110 goal range which is problematic.

The Cardiac surgery AM glucose SCIP measure is supposedly being removed as a SCIP measure, it will still be tracked, but using a

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