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Checking Your Blood Glucose
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Remove the lancet
Whe
n you have finished testing, remove the lancet from the
lancing device (Figure 7-32). Discard the used lancet properly in a
puncture-resistant container. Then wash your hands with soap
and water.
Blood Glucose Results and the Suggested Bolus
Calculator
If the suggested bolus calculator feature is turned On when you
check your blood glucose, the PDM will display the result. From
here, press Next to enter carbs (if eating) and have the System
calculate a suggested bolus. (See Suggested Bolus Calculator in
Chapter 4, Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses.)
If the suggested bolus calculator feature is turned Off, the Next
soft key does not appear. Instead:
Press Bolus to open a screen where you can enter a bolus
manually.
Or press Done to return to the Status screen to see the most
recent BG result.
The BG result, either from the PDM or from manual entry, is
stored in the Systems history, whether suggested bolus calcula-
tor is turned On or Off. (See Blood Glucose Records in Chapter
8, Understanding Your Records.)
See Cleaning and disinfectingin the Appendix for
instructions on how to clean or disinfect your PDM.
Figure 7-31
Figure 7-32
If you use the suggested bolus calculator within 10
minutes after taking a blood glucose reading, or if you
store a BG reading (for example, one you enter manually)
within the same 10 minutes, that BG value will be used
automatically in the suggested bolus calculator process
(Figure 7-33 on the next page).