Users Manual Part 1

53Overview of the system
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Confirm patient
Patient ID
Gender
Age
Date of birth
ConfirmCancel
When configured, this occurs after you have entered the
patient. The Confirm patient dialog box is displayed
containing the following information:
• Name
• Patient ID
• Gender
• Age
• Date of birth
When you confirm that you have entered the correct
patient you move to the next stage of the test. If it is not
the correct patient you can cancel and then re-enter the
patient.
Sample type selection
The Choose sample type screen contains the sample
types that you can use in a glucose test. When enabled,
you can select the sample type used in the glucose test.
The available sample types are:
• Capillary blood
• Venous blood
• Arterial blood
• Heel-stick blood
Depending on how your instrument is configured, the
Choose sample type screen is displayed after you enter
the patient, or after confirming that the you have entered
the correct patient.
Test strip ejection
The point in the glucose test at which the test strip is
ejected from your instrument is configurable.
Your instrument can be configured to eject the test strip
before or after the test result confirmation.
Comment handling
When and how you add comments to a glucose test
depends on your instrument’s configuration.
Comment entry for glucose tests on the instrument can
be configured as follows:
• Disabled
• Optionally required
• Always required
2 Overview of the system