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OneTouch® Diabetes Management Software v2.3.1 User Manual 36
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When you see this: You can do this:
Target Ranges Set a glucose target range for this patient for Before-Meal
and After-Meal periods. Target ranges may be specified
by Diabetes Type (select Use Diabetes Type Targets) or
customized for each patient (select Use Personal Settings).
If you specify Use Diabetes Type Targets, the patient will
receive the target ranges defined in the Global Targets Tab
of the Preferences screen. If you would like to view or modify
the target settings that have been set for this Diabetes Type,
click on the View/edit targets link. This will take you to the
Global Targets Tab where you can make changes as needed.
Default settings for Global Targets exist only for Type 1 and
Type 2 Diabetes.
If you have specified the Diabetes Type as “Unknown”, by
default Use Personal Settings will be selected. Here you
will need to set target ranges for this patient. Note that you
can also select Use Personal Settings for Type 1, Type 2 or
any other Diabetes Type.
General rules for entering glucose target ranges are as
follows:
■ Enter the lower limit for each Meal Slot in the From
field on the left. Enter the higher limit for each Meal
Slot in the To field on the right.
■ Each upper limit must be greater than or equal to its
corresponding lower limit
■ Before-Meal and After-Meal target ranges can
overlap
■ You must specify both Before-Meal and After-Meal
target ranges
OneTouch
®
DMS calculates an Overall (Target) Range that
is used in OneTouch
®
DMS Reports. The Overall (Target)
Range extends from the lowest range limit to the highest
range limit. If you are using Personal Settings, you can
customize the patient's hypoglycemic threshold value.