https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/08/8.htm

New consensus guidance document advises on use of CGM in the hospital

A group of experts reviewed the potential benefits and barriers to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in the hospital, as well as summarizing existing guidance and discussing relevant staff training, clinical workflow, and hospital policies.


A new consensus guidance document addresses the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems in the hospital.

The document, written by experts with insights and opinions from laboratory medicine, endocrinology, and nursing, notes that CGM systems came into use in hospitals during the pandemic, and have been researched in this setting, but that hospital laboratories and clinicians “must determine how to integrate CGM usage into practice.”

The paper covers potential benefits of CGM; existing guidance; evaluation of CGM performance; factors to consider for safe use; staff training, clinical workflow, and hospital policies; integration of CGM data in the electronic health record; cost considerations; and barriers to implementation, among other topics. It was published by Diabetes Care on Oct. 25.

A full summary of the guidance is available in ACP Hospitalist, a publication exclusive to ACP members. Single sign-on is required.