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How Inaccurate is Insulin Mixing? Patient Variability and Syringe Dead Space Effect
Author(s) -
Corcoran J. S.,
Yudkin J. S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1985.tb00616.x
Subject(s) - medicine , syringe , reproducibility , insulin , cardiology , surgery , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry
One hundred diabetics were investigated for the accuracy and reproducibility with which they delivered a mixture of insulins. In contrast with previous reports, 80 patients delivered their total dose with a bias < 5% from the prescribed dose and 87 with a CV < 5%. There was little deterioration with age. The proportions of short‐ and intermediate‐acting insulin prescribed were also delivered with commendable skill. In a separate study, syringe dead space was shown to incur a potential financial loss through insulin wastage, as well as affecting the proportions of short‐ and intermediate‐acting insulins delivered.