Speaker:
Lyne Labrecque. Clinical Chemist. Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM).
Lyne Labrecque is a clinical chemist at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), responsible for POCT in her institution. She also chairs a committee bringing together local POCT teams of other institutions of Optilab Montréal-CHUM. The mandate of this committee is to ensure the harmonization and optimization of POCT between sites. She has a particular interest in information and communications technologies, and innovations in the field of POCT.
Overview:
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems are minimally invasive devices that measure interstitial glucose every 1-5 minutes, thus providing a more complete glycemic profile compared with standard glucose meter, without the need for a fingerstick. These devices are widely used in the outpatient setting for people with diabetes, but still for investigational use only for the inpatient population, despite constant demand from users and healthcare staff. This presentation summarizes the most recent literature and experiences on the use of CGM in health institutions, including hospitals, long-term care centers and at-home services. The role of the laboratory – POCT division in the supervision of this technology will also be discussed.
Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) systems and provide examples of their use in health institutions.
- Discuss on the role of the laboratory – POCT division, in the supervision of this technology.