CAP Pro Course - Point-of-Care Testing - Whole Blood Glucose Testing (2026 & 2027)

Continuing Education Credits

• P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours: 1 hour(s)
• Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science CE Credit Hours -
  General: 1 hour(s)

Objectives

• Demonstrate awareness of the important safety issues involved in the use of blood glucose meters.
• Describe the correct procedure for obtaining an acceptable sample for use with a blood glucose meter.
• Explain blood glucose meter testing procedures and results.
• Explain the limitations of the glucose meters.

Course Outline

• Demonstrate awareness of the important safety issues involved in the use of blood glucose meters.
• Infection Control
• Hand Hygiene
• If a glucose meter is not cleaned after use, how long can the hepatitis B virus (HBV) remain on the meter?
• All of the following statements about the use of hand sanitizer are correct, except:
• After performing a POC fingerstick glucose test, an operator removes his gloves and washes his hands. For how long should his hands be washed?
• You are assigned to perform a whole blood glucose test. Which of the following statements is correct?
• While performing a fingerstick glucose test, a single drop of blood falls on the glucose meter. How should it be cleaned off?
• A nurse takes a number of glucose strips from the vial and puts them in her pocket. She then takes the glucose meter into the patient's room and perfo...
• Describe the correct procedure for obtaining an acceptable sample for use with a blood glucose meter.
• Patient Identification
• Choosing an Appropriate Site for Capillary Puncture
• Preparation of Puncture Site
• Specimen Collection
• When performing a fingerstick glucose, which of the following fingers is the best choice to use?
• When performing a fingerstick glucose, an operator uses the first drop of blood for the test. Which of the following statements is true regarding this...
• After what age should a fingerstick replace a heelstick for an infant?
• An emergency room (ER) technician is having trouble getting good blood flow from his patient's finger. Which of the following will help with the blood...
• A baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has an arterial line. Which of the following statements is true concerning using blood drawn from th...
• Explain blood glucose meter testing procedures and results.
• Test Preparation
• Performing Quality Control
• Performing Patient Testing
• Reporting Patient Results
• A technologist performing a fingerstick glucose on a patient in a semi-private room announces the result loudly to the patient. Which of the following...
• A nurse performs quality control on the glucose meter. The high and low controls both fail. All of the following would cause a QC failure except?
• What is the primary reason quality control testing needs to be run?
• Which of the following situations will shorten the life of your glucose strips?
• After the emergency room (ER) technician performs quality control on the glucose meter, she performs a fingerstick. After applying the blood to the st...
• Explain the limitations of the glucose meters.
• Appropriate Uses of Point-of-Care (POC) Glucose Testing
• Sources of Error When Performing Whole Blood Glucose Testing
• Off-Label Use of Glucose Meters
• A patient who has been diagnosed with polycythemia has an order for a point-of-care (POC) capillary whole blood glucose test. Knowing that a patient w...
• An emergency department (ED) physician asks an ED nurse to use the glucose meter to perform a glucose on spinal fluid. What should the nurse do?
• A nurse draws blood from a patient's arterial line. She sets the sample down and gets busy with her other patient. She comes back to run a POC glucose...
• Which of the following would not be considered an off-label use of a glucose meter?
• An emergency room (ER) patient's fingerstick glucose does not match his signs and symptoms. What is the best way to resolve this issue?
• References
• References

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