Others may prefer to eat their snack in the nurse's or school office. It is usually then well-accepted. There may be times that blood sugar testing needs to be done at school. A form is included at the end of this chapter to use to keep records of blood sugars at school. This might be copied weekly or at some regular interval to send home to the parents.
Children have their own testing equipment.
This should be kept in their backpack or an extra set should be in their desk, the nurse's or the principal's office. When possible we prefer that the student be allowed to test their blood sugar at their desk. School personnel may need to be taught how to do blood sugar testing to help younger children. This is the only emergency likely to occur at school. Most likely time to occur is before lunch or after gym class.