Setting Up The Insulin Calculator - Abbott FreeStyle Libre User Manual

Setting up the Insulin Calculator

The insulin calculator can help your patients calculate their rapid-acting
insulin doses based on meal and fingerstick blood glucose level
information . From the Professional Options screen, select Insulin
Calculator .
CAUTION: This feature requires an understanding of the use
of insulin . Misuse or misunderstanding of this feature and the
suggested dose may lead to inappropriate insulin dosing . The
calculator suggests doses for rapid-acting insulin only .
Complete the setup to store your patient's individual insulin settings in
the Reader . The calculator uses the fingerstick blood glucose results, meal
information and the stored settings to calculate a suggested insulin dose
based on this formula:
Blood glucose
correction
(if needed)
Meal | Carbohydrate
+
Intake
Active Insulin
=
(if present)
Total
suggested
dose
84