Patent reported that they woke up not feeling well and sweating, when they tested with their livongo meter, they received a result of 128, however went to the er based off how they were feeling.30 minutes after arrival at the er, the patients bg was tested using the hospital meter, and resulted in a reading of 58.The patient was given soda and admitted to be monitored, and released the next day.
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After speaking to the patient about this incident it was found that the patient was storing their test strips incorrectly, causing them to prematurely expire.Due to using expired test strips, the patient may have received a falsely high reading.The patient was provided with new test strips and informed of proper storage and usage.
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