Two notorious persistant acts have made their impression on me in healthcare this week. Now in my experience, 30 to 50 % of the hospital population is diabetic. One act is the use of dextrose as the base of antibiotic infusions. The other is the habitual use of high glycemic foods for meals.
I have yet to find a healthcare professional who can tell me the number of carbs in any given amount of dextrose solution.
You would think that a hospital or other health care facility would be on the cutting edge of what is healthy and good for the patient. However, cultural trends prevail.
This has got to be changed. Until it is, no hospital has any grounds saying they are managing any patient’s diabetes.
