Pattern messages provide information from past results and may help you to identify a need to consider making therapy or lifestyle adjustments. Always consult your health care professional before making significant changes to your diabetes care plan.
Every time you test your blood glucose, your OneTouch Verio IQ®Meter searches for any new patterns that have developed over the past 5 days. Patterns are identified based on the time of day the test was taken. For a group of results to be considered a pattern, the time of day for each result must be within 3 hours of each other.
A high pattern will only include results tagged “Before meal.” A high pattern message appears when your meter records 3 results that are over the High limit set in your meter.
A low pattern message appears when your meter records 2 results below the Low limit set in your meter. No tagging is needed to trigger a low pattern.
To receive high or low pattern messages with your blood glucose results, the High/Low Pattern and Tagging features must be turned on.
These Messages are different from EXTREME HIGH GLUCOSE and EXTREME LOW GLUCOSEWarnings that appear whenever your blood glucose level is above 600 mg/dL or below 20 mg/dL.
Do Not allow other people to use your meter as your patterns may be affected.
After a blood glucose test, Low Pattern or High Pattern and the message icon () will appear with your test result, whenever a pattern is detected. Inaccurate results may cause pattern messages to appear.
To view a low or high pattern message after a test, highlightView and pressOK.
If you do not want to view the pattern message highlight Later and press to return to the result screen.
Note: If you choose Later, the flashing message icon () continues to appear after each test for 48 hours or until you view your message.
Low Pattern Message:
In this example, the Low Pattern message indicates that you had at least one blood glucose result on any 2 of the past 5 consecutive days that was below the Low limit set in your meter.
To view details about the individual blood glucose results that resulted in the Low Pattern message, highlight Get Details and press OK.
To return to the previous screen, press.
PressOK to return to the Main Menu.
High Pattern Message:
In this example, the High Pattern message indicates that you had at least one blood glucose result on any 3 of the past 5 consecutive days that was above the Before meal High Limit set in your meter.
Note: High pattern messages only include blood glucose results that are above the Before meal High limit and are tagged as Before meal results. Be sure to tag your results carefully.
To view details about the individual blood glucose results that resulted in the High Pattern message, highlight Get Details and pressOK.
To return to the previous screen, press .
PressOK to return to the Main Menu.
When any High or Low Pattern message has not been viewed, Pattern Log appears on the Main Menu along with the number of unread messages. This reminds you to view your messages.
To view the message(s), highlightPattern Log and pressOK.
On the Pattern Log screen, highlight the message(s) you want to view and pressOK. After viewing a message, the message icon () will be removed.
When you review your messages, the number that appears to the left of Pattern Log on the Main Menu is reduced by the number of messages you have read.
To view details about the individual results that resulted in the High or Low Pattern message, highlightGet Details and press OK.
