Barriers to the Implementation of Complete Insulin Order Sets

HealthPartners Institute200 enrolled

Overview

The major purpose of this Quality Improvement project is to begin to address the issues surrounding glycemic control in the hospital setting by collecting accurate, reliable and verifiable data on the occurrence of hyperglycemia (BG \>300 mg/dL), and whether or not CIO is used (immediately before and 72 hours after the BG \>300 mg/dl).

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Hyperglycemia

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital patient * recorded BG \> 300 mg/dL during the study data collection period * admitted to general floor hospital units Exclusion Criteria: * birth center * intensive care units * eating disorder unit * pediatric patients \< 18 years of age * patients receiving insulin infusions

Locations (1)

Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

glucose levels

Time frame: 72 hours

Secondary Outcomes

type of insulin treatment

Time frame: 72 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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