The GlucoScout, real time blood glucose monitor is revolutionizing acute care management at the bedside. The GlucoScout offers real time data as often as every 5 minutes during the entire patient stay to acheive tight glycemic control. Using the the innovative enzyme electrode technology normally found only in the lab, the GlucoScout provides the same high accuracy and precision at the bedside by using venous or arterial blood. With a closed system, the clinician is no longer in contact with blood during sampling.