User guide

P
Predictive alerts - These alerts
can be used so that you
receive alarms before the
sensor glucose measurements
reach your glucose limits. This
alert predicts when the sensor
glucose measurements will
reach your glucose limits by
using information about your
glucose limits and recent
sensor glucose measurements.
Preparation - Getting ready to
do something.
Prompt - A software message
that asks you to do
something.
Q
Quaternary ammonium
compound - A specific type of
antiseptic used to sterilize.
R
Range - The size or area in
which something happens.
Rate of Change alerts - These
alerts can be used to set up
the system so that you
receive alerts if the sensor
glucose measurements change
too rapidly for your needs.
You can set the limit for these
alerts so that you receive an
alert whenever the sensor
glucose measurements fall or
rise faster than the limit.
Reliable - Always giving the
same result or acting the
same way.
Reset - To set again, or change
the information (reset your
glucose values).
Resolve - To find an answer to,
or end successfully.
S
Sen-serter - The Sen-serter is an
aid for insertion of the
Medtronic glucose sensor.
Sensitive - Easily irritated
(sensitive skin), or able to
measure very slight
differences (a sensitive
instrument).
Sensor Age - Sensor age is the
amount of time, in days and
hours, since the sensor was
first inserted.
Sensor icon - An icon on your
monitor that tells you
whether the Sensor feature is
On or Off.
Set - To enter or establish a
value for your monitor (set
your Cal Reminder).
Setting - The position, timing or
other way something is set
(your High Snooze setting is
15 minutes).
Sharps container - A
government-approved
container for needles and
other "sharp" medical waste
containing blood and/or other
body fluids. They are usually
red in color and made of hard
plastic so that needles cannot
go through them. They usually
have the words "sharps waste"
or "biohazard" on them. Check
with your healthcare
professional about how to
properly discard sharps
containers.
S/N# - The serial number of the
monitor.
Solution - A mixture of two or
more substances; often, one
is dissolved into another.
Special mode - Tells you that a
special feature is active or
that a certain alert condition
exists. In Special mode, an
open circle appears at the top
of the screen and the monitor
beeps or vibrates periodically
to remind you of the
condition. All sensor alerts
change from beep/vibration
to siren if not cleared within
10 minutes. Special mode
does not restrict any monitor
functions.
Stabilize - To make steady or
keep from changing (stabilize
your blood glucose).
Status - The condition of a part
of your system (battery
status, alarm/alert status).
Sterile - Free from substances or
germs that could cause
infection.
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