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
6 Make sure that the type and amount of insulin shown on the screen is correct.
• If the information is correct, press ACT. The information you entered is saved to the system and
can now be used in reports.
• If the information is not correct, select No, then press ACT. The CAPTURE EVENT menu shows with
Enter BG selected. Repeat the procedure to enter the correct information.
Entering information about carbohydrates
This section shows you how to enter information about the carbohydrates you eat or drink with meals or
snacks.
Before you begin
Before you can enter carbohydrate information, you must select the carbohydrate units (Carb Units) for
the Capture Event feature. You can set the carbohydrate units to grams or exchanges.
To set the carbohydrate units:
1 Open the CARB UNITS screen.
Main > Capture Event > Carb Units
The CARB UNITS screen shows Grams selected.
2 Select either Grams or Exchanges, then press ACT. The CAPTURE EVENT menu shows the
carbohydrate unit you selected.
To enter carbohydrate information:
1 Determine the total units of carbohydrates in the meal, snack or drink that you plan to consume.
2 Open the ENTER MEAL screen.
Main > Capture Event > Meal Marker
The ENTER MEAL screen shows Breakfast selected.
3 Select the correct meal type for what you consume: Breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack.
4 Press ACT. The ENTER FOOD screen flashes either with three dashes, or with the number of
carbohydrate units you last entered.
5 Enter the carbohydrate units, then press ACT. A message asks if you want to save the information on
the screen. The Yes option is selected.
Using your system52