An elderly diabetic man died after insulin was repeatedly given to him after eating, instead of before, by nurses at ...
which is why all insulin has an expiration date, says Maria Fernandez de Fiore, RN, a diabetes care and education specialist and Inpatient Diabetes Program Coordinator for Riverside University ...
If the glucose concentration is <60 mg/dL, repeat the test and treat. Reduce the insulin infusion rate by 50% if tube feeding or TPN is stopped abruptly. Revert to hourly capillary blood glucose ...