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Letter from the Editor
When you read this week’s Disaster Averted, you will know why it is so hard for insulin using patients in the hospital in the best of times. When you add in the current crisis, and all the extra procedures and stresses, there is no wonder why medical errors, especially with insulin, are going through the roof.
The best advice is to have a protocol and make it a habit so nothing slides through the cracks.
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
A middle-aged woman, with mild obesity and type 2 diabetes, was hospitalized in the ICU, and the order on her chart was documented “Lispro 90 units at HS,” then the “9” was crossed off and a “6” written above it….
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
Part 3: Trade Offs — Clinical Decision Making for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: In the previous series of articles, we discussed the complexity of clinical decision making and the role the cost plays into that decision. Cost is only one dimension of the complex process of deciding the appropriate next steps in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In this article, we will discuss the other aspects of clinical decision making, and how clinicians can think about the trade-offs involved in making medication choices.
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