CTS08 - Meal Triad Best Practices and Implementation Strategies to Optimize Inpatient Glycemic Management

The meal triad requires careful coordination of blood glucose monitoring, insulin administration and nutrition intake to prevent adverse drug events and successfully manage patients with dysglycemia. In the hospital, health professionals share responsibility for coordination and communication across disciplines, and lack of coordination may lead to hyper or hypoglycemia. This presentation will review evidence-based best practices and share implementation ideas and tools to adopt a sustainable and reproducible meal triad process in the inpatient setting.