User manual LIFESCAN ULTRA2

[. . . ] Blood Glucose Monitoring System 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. [. . . ] The following pages explain what kinds of flags and comments can be attached to a result and how you may use them. 35 Attaching flags or comments to your results Attaching flags or comments to your results 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 to display the MEAL FLAG screen 2. Press or to highlight BEFORE MEAL or AFTER MEAL 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. 36 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 to display the COMMENT screen 2. Press or to highlight an appropriate comment Attaching flags or comments to your results The available choices are: NO COMMENT STRESS NOT ENOUGH FOOD ILLNESS TOO MUCH FOOD FEEL HYPO MILD EXERCISE MENSES (period) HARD EXERCISE VACATION MEDICATION OTHER 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. 3. To confirm your selection, press The comment you chose will appear below the result. 37 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. 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. If you wish to add or change a meal flag or comment for this result, see pages 36­37. 38 All results The meter will display four results at a time, in the order the tests were done, starting with the most recent. For each test result, the meter will display the date and time of the test. Results may also contain the following symbols: HI if the result was above 33. 3 mmol/L, LO if the result was below 1. 1 mmol/L, if a comment has been chosen for the result, C if the result is from a control solution test, ­ if the result is flagged BEFORE MEAL, and + if the result is flagged AFTER MEAL. The meter stores a maximum of 500 blood glucose or control solution test results. When the memory is full, the oldest result is dropped as the newest is added. [. . . ] 1 Lab results, comparing with meter results . 33 Lancet, inserting in lancing device . iii, 14, 18, 52 Lancing device, clear cap . 1, 14, 22, 52 Lancing device, depth setting . [. . . ]