User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- The basics
- Entering your settings
- Basic steps
- Setting the time and date
- Selecting the language
- Setting your Alarm/Alert Type
- Entering your glucose monitoring settings
- Turning on the sensor
- Selecting the BG units
- Turning on the Glucose Alerts
- Setting the Glucose Limits
- Setting the Glucose Limits start time
- Setting the High Snooze
- Setting the Low Snooze
- Setting the Predictive glucose alert
- Setting the Rate Alerts
- AUC calculation
- Setting the Alarm Snooze
- Setting the Cal Reminder
- Entering the transmitter identification number
- Setting up the Missed Data option
- Setting the sensor glucose graph timeout
- Reviewing your settings
- Setting up your transmitter and sensor
- Meter option
- Using your system
- Utilities
- Therapy management software
- Troubleshooting and alarms/alerts
- About alarms and alerts
- What to do when you get an alarm/alert
- Sensor alerts
- Viewing your sensor alert history
- System alarms
- Viewing your system alarm history
- Understanding your transmitter, tester, and charger
- Troubleshooting the transmitter
- Troubleshooting the monitor
- My monitor will not display my BG measurement from my meter
- Reconnect old sensor
- Find lost sensor
- What happens if I leave the monitor battery out for more than ten minutes?
- Why doesn't my monitor battery last very long?
- What is a CHECK SETTINGS alarm?
- My screen looks distorted
- I dropped my monitor
- I submerged my monitor in water
- I cannot get to the User Settings screen
- System maintenance
- System specifications
- Alarm/alert types
- Alarm/alert messages and codes
- Alarm/alert history
- Backlight
- Screen and menu timeout
- Sensor glucose graph timeout
- High and low Glucose Limits (CSS7100)
- High and low Glucose Limits (CSS7100K)
- Daily totals
- Default screen
- Default settings
- ENTER BG meter values
- Meter ID entries
- Power supply
- System safety checks
- Radio frequency (RF) communication specifications
- Quality of service
- Data security
- Monitor size
- Monitor weight
- TIME/DATE SET screen
- STATUS screen
- Guidance and manufacturer's declaration
- MiniLink specifications
- Warranty
- Icon table
- Sensor accuracy
- Performance results in adults
- Accuracy of Guardian RT readings
- Precision of Guardian RT readings
- Low and High Alerts in adults
- Guardian RT Sensor Performance and Calibration Stability As a Function of Time
- Effects of calibration frequency
- Performance results in children and adolescents
- Low and High alerts in children and adolescents
- Glossary
- Index
4 Make sure that the number shown on the screen is correct.
• If the information is correct, press ACT.
• If the information is not correct, select No, then press ACT. The CAPTURE EVENT menu reappears
with Enter BG selected. Repeat the procedure and enter the correct information.
5 The BG TO UPDATE SENSOR? screen appears. This allows you to use this meter BG reading to calibrate
your sensor if you choose. For this screen to appear, the sensor must be turned on, started and
initialized, and communicating with the transmitter. Your meter BG measurement must be between 70
mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L) and 250 mg/dL (13.8 mmol/L).
• To update the sensor with this meter BG reading, select Yes.
• If you do not want to update the sensor with this reading, select No.
• For the Update Sensor screen to appear as described above, the sensor must be turned on, started
and initialized, and communicating with the transmitter. Your BG measurement must be between
70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L) and 250 mg/dL (13.8 mmol/L).
Entering insulin injection information
Follow these steps to enter the type and amount of insulin you use.
1 Make a note of the amount and type of injection you are taking.
2 Open the INSULIN TYPE screen.
Main > Capture Event > Insulin Marker
The INSULIN TYPE screen automatically selects the most recent insulin type you entered.
3 Select the correct insulin type for the injection. The insulin types are:
• Fast Acting
• Short Acting
• Intermediate Acting
•Long Acting
• Mixed 70/30
• Mixed 50/50
4
Press ACT. The ENTER INSULIN screen flashes the insulin amount that you most recently entered.
5 Enter the amount of the injection, then press ACT. A message appears asking you if you want to save
the new information that is displayed on the screen. The Yes option is selected.
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