Point of care (POC) glucose measurementis the most common method used for glucose screening in the term nursery and the NICU.25,27 However, this testing is not completely reliable as a basis to diagnose hypoglycemia,4,24 particularly
when glucose values drop below 40 to 50 mg/dL.27 Laboratory conGfirmuatiiodn eshloiunl always follow low blood glucose concentrationvalues obtained by POC.