FDA Catches Heat For Plans To Up Standards For Hospital Glucose Meters-thegraysheet: FDA’s draft guidance on hospital glucose meters circulated in January has made waves with manufacturers and clinicians, including many who believe the agency has gone too far in its pursuit of more accurate meters in hospitals by proposing standards that are virtually impossible to meet. What’s more, hospital lab managers say language in the draft guidance has set off activity by other authorities that could prevent access to glucose meters in hospitals for critically ill patients.
