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Members shared frustration about hospital blood sugar testing practices, particularly around non-fasted testing and inconsistent timing, with... Read more
When you're in the hospital, blood sugar testing is done differently than routine diabetes management at home. During hospital stays, medical staff need to monitor your blood sugar levels frequently to:
- Ensure your safety during treatment
- Monitor how your body responds to medications
- Make quick adjustments to your Show Full Answer
They may be trying to get a general read. It's fine if you end up being sent home. But if admitted, this could be an issue because accurate reading of A1c requires fasting, or at least two hours after a meal. Otherwise, the numbers aren't true and one could end up getting a wrong dose of medication. Hospital personnel aren't very knowledgeable as they should be about diabetes; often giving diabetic patients insulin no matter the number. That could potentially be dangerous.
I think only a few doctors actually care about their patients. I don't think if my doctor didn't have his computer with him he'd even remember my issues... Sad state of the medical system and the world 😐
I don't have to fast before having my A1C checked at my doctor's office. Here where I live. If I have to go to the hospital they check my blood sugar first thing. And they always check it before releasing me
When I had my annual blood test done back in March they did my A1C, glucose ect. and I didn't have to fast. They told me there was a new test procedure that didn't require fasting.
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