Development of a protocol for capillary blood glucose testing in nursing home and rehabilitation settings.

Objectives: To develop an algorithm to standardize capillary blood glucose (CBG) testing in nursing home and rehabilitation patients.

Design: Descriptive study in which an interdisciplinary team from a nursing home, a rehabilitation center, and a diabetes mellitus care program developed and tested a protocol to standardize diabetes management parameters and CBG testing frequency.

Setting: Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home and rehabilitation unit.