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<blockquote data-quote="shop" data-source="post: 304378" data-attributes="member: 42992"><p>Hi Guys and Gals!</p><p></p><p>Just thought I'd mention some info given during my DSN appt today. It seems us insulin users are now going to be issued with an insulin passport. We are to carry it with us at all times and it is to be used if a medic is either involved in administering insulin ( in hospital ) or makes a change to your insulin.This is to ensure that if any change is made to our insulin by a medic it has to be documented on the passport. We have to list the correct name of the insulins we are taking and the device used to inject them. Whether it be Basal Bolus or a Mix. </p><p></p><p>The leaflet that came with it was quite detailed in the problems that go wrong if a medic doesnt administer it correctly. There were actual examples.</p><p></p><p>One of which stated that a medic had misread a u for a 0 and where it said 4u of insulin they read it as 40 units of insulin and gave the patient 10 x more insulin than they should have been given. </p><p></p><p>I was very surprised but it gives us the knowledge and control for our own needs should an occasion arise.</p><p></p><p>Has anyone else been told about this?</p><p></p><p>I was also warned that in sometime in the future my practice may try to move me on to a more affordable meter. I have recently been given an expert meter to help me with my BG control in conjuntion with carb counting. </p><p></p><p>I am very lucky that my DSN is very helpful and informative.</p><p></p><p>Lucy xxx <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shop, post: 304378, member: 42992"] Hi Guys and Gals! Just thought I'd mention some info given during my DSN appt today. It seems us insulin users are now going to be issued with an insulin passport. We are to carry it with us at all times and it is to be used if a medic is either involved in administering insulin ( in hospital ) or makes a change to your insulin.This is to ensure that if any change is made to our insulin by a medic it has to be documented on the passport. We have to list the correct name of the insulins we are taking and the device used to inject them. Whether it be Basal Bolus or a Mix. The leaflet that came with it was quite detailed in the problems that go wrong if a medic doesnt administer it correctly. There were actual examples. One of which stated that a medic had misread a u for a 0 and where it said 4u of insulin they read it as 40 units of insulin and gave the patient 10 x more insulin than they should have been given. I was very surprised but it gives us the knowledge and control for our own needs should an occasion arise. Has anyone else been told about this? I was also warned that in sometime in the future my practice may try to move me on to a more affordable meter. I have recently been given an expert meter to help me with my BG control in conjuntion with carb counting. I am very lucky that my DSN is very helpful and informative. Lucy xxx :) [/QUOTE]
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