Decreased rates of hospital-acquired infection after introduction of an active surveillance, virtual glucose management system

Abstract

Addition of an active surveillance virtual glucose management (VGM) system to usual consultation-based diabetes inpatient care at our hospital was associated with a decrease in hospital-acquired infection from 8.7% (17/196) to 3.5% (6/172) with an adjusted odds ratio of 0.17 (95%CI: 0.05–0.61), and a reduction in hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic patient-stay days.