Variable rate insulin infusions on medical and surgical wards: are we getting it right?

Abstract

A quality improvement project undertaken at University Hospital Birmingham to improve the management of patients on variable rate intravenous insulin infusions (VRIII) to allow a consistent standard of care in keeping with Joint British Diabetes Societies guidelines. An initial baseline of data was identified from the database; any episode where a patient was started on a VRIII over a 10-week period from 1 September to 10 November 2016. ITU patients and those on a scale for less than 1 hour were excluded. …