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 healthcare professional before making significant changes to your diabetes care plan.
Every time you test your blood glucose, your OneTouch Verio® Meter searches for any new patterns that have developed over the past 5 days. Patterns are identified based on whether results were below/above the low/high limits set in your meter, and the time of day the tests were taken. For a group of results to be considered a pattern, the time of day for those results must be within 3 hours of each other.
When appropriate, Pattern messages automatically appear below your test result.
Note: Pattern messages must be turned on for these messages to be displayed.
A Low Pattern message appears when your meter spots 2 results that are:
Below the low limit,
Over 5 consecutive days, and
From the same time of day (within 3 hours)
A Low Pattern message indicates that your current test result is below the low limit set in your meter. Whenever a Low Pattern message is displayed, you should follow your healthcare professional's advice for treating a low blood glucose result.
High Pattern:
A High Pattern message appears when your meter spots 3 results that are:
Above the high limit,
Over 5 consecutive days, and
From the same time of day (within 3 hours)
Once a result is included in a Pattern message, it will not be included in future Pattern messages.
Note: To be sure that Low/High Pattern messages appear whenever appropriate:
Test your blood glucose using only this meter. Using different meters may cause you to miss patterns.
Test when you are feeling high or low.
CAUTION:
Do Not use Pattern messages to make immediate and/or significant changes to your diabetes care plan without first consulting your healthcare professional.
Do Not wait for Pattern messages to treat low or high results. Always use your current result for immediate treatment decisions.
Low and High Pattern messages are based on the low and high limits you set in the meter.
These Messages are different from EXTREME HIGH GLUCOSE and EXTREME LOW GLUCOSE Warnings that appear whenever your blood glucose level is above 600 mg/dL or below 20 mg/dL.
Changing your low/high limits will affect your Pattern messages. When you change either limit, only blood glucose results taken after the change will be used to detect new Low/High Patterns.
Do Not allow other people to use your meter as your patterns may be affected.
Reviewing Results That Create Low And High Patterns:
You can review the individual results that combine to create a Low or High Pattern by reviewing the Results Log in your meter.
