Abbott FreeStyle InsuLinx Owner's Booklet page 20

4 Review your suggested dose.
Suggested dose
a. If needed, tap the arrow buttons to adjust your suggested dose for
Adjust if needed
any planned activity, a smaller or larger meal, sickness, etc.
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b. Tap the
u
suggested dose.
User change: +2
back log dose
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This is the insulin to cover the food you are going to eat. The
OK
Dose details
meter will use your CARBOHYDRATE RATIO or CARBOHYDRATE
For 70 g carbs............ 9
For 11.3 mmol/L......+ 2
PORTIONS RATIO to calculate how much insulin is needed for
Active insulin .......... - 1
User change............+ 2
the food you are going to eat.
Total...................... 12u
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This is the insulin to bring your blood glucose level within
your target (CORRECTION TARGET). The meter will use your
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CORRECTION FACTOR to calculate the insulin required.
These numbers
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are for illustrative
ACTIVE INSULIN: This is the logged insulin that is still active in
purposes only.
your body and is being subtracted to give a total suggested
dose. The meter will use your INSULIN DURATION and
information about your last logged dose to calculate how much
insulin is still active in your body.
•
This is the change that you have made to your suggested dose
to adjust for a smaller or larger meal, sickness or any planned
activity, such as exercise.
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This is your total suggested dose.
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button to see details of what is included in your
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Tap log dose to save to your logbook and then take your dose. If you
Suggested dose
do not tap log dose, your dose will not be stored in your logbook.
Adjust if needed
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CAUTION: It is important to log all your rapid-acting insulin
u
doses so your meter can account for active insulin when
User change: +2
calculating your suggested doses. Failure to log all your
rapid-acting insulin doses may result in a suggested dose
back log dose
that is too high.
Note: The total dose is rounded to the nearest full unit (1.0) or half unit (0.5) depending
on how your health care professional set up the calculator. Similar to conventional
math rounding rules, the calculator rounds up from 0.5. The suggested dose will not
exceed 50 units, the maximum allowable dose by the meter.
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