User guide

Table of Contents I 1
Table of Contents
UNDERSTANDING CARELINK
®
PERSONAL SOFTWARE
Before You Start ......................................................................................2
What Is CareLink? .....................................................................................3
What Do I Need to Start? .............................................................................3
Why is CareLink Useful? .................................................................................3
SET UP
Signing Up for Your CareLink Account ................................................................4
Before Your Upload to CareLink .......................................................................5
Uploading Your Device with the Bayer CONTOUR® NEXT LINK Meter ..................................6
Set-up Instructions for Windows® Vista® and Windows® 7 or 8 Users ..................................10
Uploading Your Device Using CareLink USB ...........................................................12
Uploading Your Meter to a Mac ....................................................................16
CARELINK PERSONAL REPORTS
Tips for Using CareLink ................................................................................17
Reading CareLink Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Device Settings Report ............................................................................ 20
Quick View Summary Report ...................................................................... 22
Daily Summary Report ............................................................................24
Sensor Daily Overlay Report ......................................................................26
Sensor Overlay by Meal Report ...................................................................28
APPLYING PERSONAL SOFTWARE IN YOUR LIFE
Therapy Adjustment with CareLink ..................................................................... 30
Preventing Nocturnal Hypoglycemia .................................................................31
Improving Insulin Dosing .............................................................................32
Fine-Tuning Alarm and Alert Settings .................................................................34
APPENDIX
Understanding, Generating and Viewing Reports ....................................................35
Saving, Printing and Emailing Reports ................................................................36