Operation Manual

Hypo Limit
A value below which a person's blood has an
undesirably low amount of sugar.
Hypoglycemia
A condition in which an undesirably low amount of
sugar is in the person's blood. This condition also is
referred to as low blood sugar.
Import
A function that copies and saves data from a file to the
.
Insulin Pump
A battery - operated insulin delivery system that holds a
cartridge of rapid - acting or regular insulin and is used
to continuously administer low levels of insulin.
Key
A table on a chart used to list and explain colors,
patterns, and symbols.
Meal Plan
A nutritional therapy plan used to help control diabetes.
Meter
A device used to measure blood sugar (bG) levels.
mg/dL
The abbreviation for milligrams per deciliter.
mmol/L
The abbreviation for millimoles per liter.
Mouseover
Text that appears when you rest a computer mouse
pointer over an image or item on the screen.
Multiwave Bolus
A bolus that consists of an initial insulin amount
delivered immediately followed by additional insulin
delivered over an extended period of time.
Oral medication
Medication used to control diabetes that is taken by
mouth.
Query group
A group based on criteria you select. Members of a
query group may change automatically if patients no
longer fit the criteria or if they begin to fit the criteria.
Remove
A function that removes an item without deleting it from
the system.
Required Field
Information that must be entered to proceed.
Scatter format
A display of information in a spread - out, plotted format.
Scroll bar
A bar that appears on the side or bottom of a window
to control which part of a list or document is currently in
the window's frame.
Show/Hide
A function that allows a user to turn on or turn off parts
of the .
Set Device Date/Time
A feature that allows the user to set the date and time
of a device to match the date and time of a computer.
Specialty
Indicates the particular area of expertise of a
healthcare provider in the .
Standard Bolus
A bolus that consists of a specific amount of insulin
delivered immediately.
Standard deviation
The variation between measurements. The wider the
band, the more differences that exist between the
results.
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