Experts call for increased standardization of insulin pump management

[Donald]

Any Thoughts



http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=77845

 

[Northerner]

I think it is a much different situation here in the UK, since they state that the criteria for qualifying for a pump is:

Good candidates for insulin pumps are patients with type 1 diabetes who perform at least four insulin injections and at least four self-monitored blood glucose measurements daily, according to the consensus statement. These patients not only have a genuine medical need but also exhibit an ample amount of commitment to their treatment.

Practically every person here on MDI would qualify on this basis! But here we have to have disabling hypos, poor HbA1c, needle phobias, tiny insulin requirements etc. etc.

I don't think this article applies here as the issuing of pumps is so long-winded and complex and monitored by the healthcare authorities, unlike the US where:

no standardized guidelines exist for which providers can prescribe insulin pumps, and any physician today can prescribe an insulin pump, even without any experience with its use, according to the task force.

Grunberger highlighted how a lack of medical supervision and inappropriate patient use may complicate insulin pump use, leading to adverse events that are otherwise preventable.

 

[Donald]

aah ok northerner thanks.