Inpatient Insulin Pen Implementation, Waste, and Potential Cost Savings: A Community Hospital Experience.
Urooj NajmiWaqas Zia HaqueUmair AnsariEyerusalem YemaneLee Ann AlexanderChristina LeeAndrew Paul DemidowichMahsa MotevalliPeriwinkle MackayCynthia TuckerCindy NotobartoloPoroshat SartippourJennifer RaynorMihail ZilbermintPublished in: Journal of diabetes science and technology (2021)
In a community hospital setting, identification of causes leading to unnecessary insulin dispensation and implementation of hospital-wide staff education led to change in insulin pen dispensation practice. These changes translated into considerable cost savings and facilitated diabetes self-management education.