Nursing staff should be advised by trusts not to extract insulin from the pen devices or cartridges commonly-used by patients with diabetes, due to the risk of “harm and death”. NHS Improvement said, ...

Study design. This prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel-group study compared the use of pen devices with conventional vials and syringes for the administration of insulin in hospitalized ...

A new survey, published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, examined insulin pen use in the inpatient setting. Insulin pens can offer several advantages, but there have also ...

Due to continuing patient safety problems, ISMP suggests hospitals stop using insulin pens in an inpatient setting, as they were originally intended for ambulatory care. “Other problems such as using ...

A CMS letter to its state survey agency directors reiterates that insulin pens should only be used on a single patient. According to the letter, CMS has received reports that some providers may be ...

For eco-conscious consumers of personal medical devices, recycling options are limited. Some companies are trying to change that. An example of a plastic single-use injector at Battelle, a research ...

Medtronic said Monday it received 510 (k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for an app to connect its smart insulin pens with a glucose sensor made by Abbott.