78 Chapter 3 The glucometer will provide a result at this stage unless there have been errors in collection; for example, insufficient sample, low battery, wrong code, or the machine times itself out. If an error displays on the glucometer, troubleshoot as appropriate. Document the patient’s blood glucose measurement in the patient register and the date the test was conducted. Dispose of the glucose test strip in the sharps box. Wash hands and replace equipment in storage bag container. Inform the patient if the results is within normal values Where the reading falls outside the normal values, refer the patient to a doctor for immediate review. Adapted from: Mathew TK, Tadi P. Blood glucose monitoring. In StatPearls [Internet] 2020 Aug 14. StatPearls Publishing.
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