What specific safety technique is always used when calculating an insulin dose?
a. Use a calculator and never calculate the dose by hand.
b. Calculate the dose by hand and never use a calculator.
c. Have another health care professional check the dose.
d. Wear sterile gloves to administer the calculated dose.
C
Insulin is a high alert (PINCH) drug that can cause serious damage if the wrong dose is adminis-tered. Always have another health care professional double check the dose you calculate by in-dependently re-calculating the dose and comparing it to the dose you calculated.
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