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Safe Use of Non-Insulin Therapies (SUNIT) e-learning module
Diabetes has created this free e-learning module to improve healthcare professionals’ knowledge and confidence in the safe and effective use of non-insulin therapies.
The aim of the module is to improve patient safety by reducing the number of patients who experience medication errors and/or poorly controlled blood sugar levels while utilising non-insulin therapies, both of which are potentially life threatening.
The module urges healthcare professionals to:
- Always tailor glycaemic targets to the individual.
- Check specific manufacturers’ guidance when using therapies in people with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
- Always consider the risk of hypoglycaemia when using specific medicines in the elderly.
- Check the NICE guidance CG87 when considering which medication to prescribe.
Information cards:
Download a copy of the Safe Use of Non-Insulin Therapies e-learning information card (PDF 156.6KB)
Learner reports for individual trusts, including numbers registered and numbers completed, can be obtained by emailing a request to: info@healthcareea.co.uk
If you do not have an ESR number please email: info@healthcareea.co.uk who will be able to set your organisation up so you can access the modules.
