Blood Glucose Mode (Bg)) - Abbott FreeStyle Navigator User Manual

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Getting Acquainted
What are the Continuous Monitoring mode and Blood
Glucose mode?
Your FreeStyle Navigator system operates in two modes:
• Continuous Monitoring mode (Glucose CM).
• Blood Glucose mode (Glucose BG).
The system typically works in the Continuous Monitoring mode. It switches to the Blood Glucose mode
when you insert a FreeStyle Test Strip into the receiver's test strip port. In order to turn the Blood Glucose
mode on, you have to insert the test strip when the receiver is either turned off or when it displays the
glucose screen.
Continuous Monitoring Mode (Glucose CM)
The Continuous Monitoring mode is the mode you will use
most of the time. It continuously displays the glucose level in
the fluid in the tiny spaces between your tissues (interstitial
fluid). This glucose reading comes from the sensor you will
place just beneath your skin and is updated every minute.
• "Glucose CM" at the top left of the display.
• The glucose reading is typically accompanied by a
directional trend arrow that indicates how fast your glucose
is changing and in what direction.
• Most frequently used mode.
• Measures glucose from interstitial fluid detected by a
sensor in your skin.
– Uses a sensor to measure glucose levels.
– A transmitter sends the glucose readings to the receiver.
– Should only be used with FreeStyle Navigator system
Transmitters and FreeStyle Navigator Sensors.
Blood Glucose Mode (Glucose BG)
You will perform traditional blood glucose testing
(BG testing) in the Blood Glucose mode using a FreeStyle
Test Strip and a drop of blood. You can use the Blood Glucose
mode whenever you wish to perform a traditional blood
glucose test. It is also used for calibrating the system. Blood
Glucose mode tests used for calibrating the system can also
be relied on like traditional blood glucose tests.
• "Glucose BG
– Built-in FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meter.
• Measures glucose from a blood sample that you supply.
• Uses a FreeStyle Test Strip to measure blood glucose levels.
Note: Use ONLY FreeStyle Test Strips and Control Solution.
FreeStyle Lite Test Strips will not work in the receiver.
Other brands of test strips or control solution can give you
inaccurate results.
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