User manual LIFESCAN ONETOUCH ULTRA2

[. . . ] Blood Glucose Monitoring System Link the Effects of Food to Glucose Results Owner's Booklet Welcome to the OneTouch® family! We know diabetes can be difficult to understand and manage. The right products and services can help make life with diabetes just a little bit easier. We hope the OneTouch® Ultra® 2 System works well for you. We designed this product to make testing easy and to help you manage your diabetes. [. . . ] test under conditions that you or your healthcare professional feel are worth noting. 32 Customer Service 1 800 227-8862 You can attach these notes just after a blood glucose test before you remove your used test strip from your meter. You can also modify notes when reviewing a past result. You will not be able to add a meal flag or comment to a result marked as a control solution test. You can choose not to attach a meal flag or comment after a blood glucose test. If you do not want to use this feature at all, you can turn it off so the meter will not prompt you to add notes or to select a type of result average to review. See page 9 for instructions. Attaching flags or comments to your results Customer Service 1 800 227-8862 33 Add or change a meal flag If the flags/comments feature is turned on, the up arrow at the bottom right corner of the result screen will flash when a result is first displayed to remind you to enter a meal flag. While viewing a result, press the MEAL FLAG screen 2. Press Attaching flags or comments to your results AFTER MEAL to display or to highlight BEFORE MEAL or If you decide not to assign a flag to this result, select NO FLAG. To confirm your selection, press The meal flag you chose will appear above the result on the result screen. NOTE: Testing after a meal can show how the food you ate affects your blood glucose. These results can be flagged as AFTER MEAL and are usually obtained two hours after the start of the meal. Your healthcare professional may suggest another time period or other use for this feature. 34 Customer Service 1 800 227-8862 Add or change a comment The down arrow at the bottom right corner of the result screen will flash after you enter a meal flag for a new result to remind you to consider entering a comment. While viewing a result, press COMMENT screen to display the 2. Press or to highlight an appropriate comment The available choices are: NO COMMENT NOT ENOUGH FOOD TOO MUCH FOOD MILD EXERCISE HARD EXERCISE MEDICATION STRESS ILLNESS FEEL HYPO MENSES (period) VACATION OTHER Attaching flags or comments to your results Highlight NO COMMENT if you decide not to add a comment, or if you want to erase a previously entered comment from the result. Use OTHER when the available choices do not apply. You may want to write down what OTHER means to you so you can discuss it with your healthcare professional. To confirm your selection, press The comment you chose will appear below the result. Customer Service 1 800 227-8862 35 Reviewing past results and averages If you have just completed a test, press to get to the MAIN MENU screen. If your meter is off, press and hold to turn it on. From the MAIN MENU screen you can choose: · LAST RESULT to view your most recent result, · ALL RESULTS to review up to 500 of your most recent results four at a time, or · RESULT AVG to select one of three types of result averages. Press or to highlight LAST RESULT, ALL RESULTS, or RESULT AVG. To confirm your selection, press . Last result The meter will display your most recent result. This result will include the unit of measure and the date and time of the test. If the result was marked as CONTROL SOLUTION or with either a meal flag or comment, these notes will be shown as well. [. . . ] iii, 17 Flags feature, turning off or on . 15, 21, 25 Forearm or palm sampling, important information . 1 Lab results, comparing with meter results . 60 Customer Service 1 800 227-8862 65 Lancet, disposal . [. . . ]