Accu-Chek Aviva, Training Handbook

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Appendix
Example
The following example explains the effect of the Offset Time and Acting Time:
Fig. 2: Example blood-sugar curve (bG-level)
hyper
hypo
Target Value
Target Range
bG level
Bolus
Current
bG values
You calculate and administer a correction bolus at 12 o’clock. The insulin
needs time to become effective, so your bG value (dotted line) may not be
significantly reduced, even by 2 o’clock. (If you had not administered the
correction bolus, your bG might even have increased.) You measure your bG
at 2 o’clock and it is nearly the same as at 12 o’clock. Between 2 o’clock and
4 o’clock the effect of the correction bolus, which is still active, will decrease
your bG level to a value within the Target Range.