The CHFT Diabetes Team is delighted to announce the five winners of Insulin Safety Week 2018.  They are:

CRH- CCU, ICU and ward 8D

HRI- MAU and ward 19

During Insulin Safety Week we had a strong message  about the importance of continuing long acting insulin in all patients with type 1 diabetes.

Throughout the week and thereafter we have visited wards and asked staff nurses to complete a fun questionnaire which contained a variety of questions ranging from fixed and variable rate insulin infusions and identifying long acting insulins.

The exercise has helped us obtain a level of pre-existing knowledge shown by each staff nurse and on completion of the questionnaire further education was provided by the inpatient diabetes support nurses on a 1-1 or group basis.

Staff nurses in the winning areas achieved the highest scores as well as demonstrating a high level of enthusiasm to build upon their clinical knowledge. This was evident in particular with ward 8D who has the poster we devised as part of the week, visible for all patients, visitors and healthcare professionals to see.

On behalf of the diabetes team, we would like to thank every staff nurse who has taken the time to participate in insulin safety week.