Diabetes Care
Dedicated to providing high-quality diabetes care, Floyd Medical Center has achieved The Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification for its Inpatient Diabetes program. In addition, the Diabetes Education department has achieved and maintains certification in the American Diabetes Education program.
Education
Our certified diabetes educators provide classes to teach you how to manage your Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, or gestational diabetes.
View class schedule.
To achieve long-term success in improving diabetes outcomes, we focus on the following points of care:
- Blood glucose monitoring protocols
- Treatment of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar)
- Data collection of the number of hypoglycemia episodes
- Patient education on diabetes self-management
Treatment
Contact
For more information, contact Diabetes Education at 706.509.5184.