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1 Contents of packet
Parts and accessories in the packet:
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electronic Med-O-Wheel Smart
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14- and 28-compartment dosage cassettes
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cover, with calendar window and dispensing opening
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dosage calendar
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dosage sticker booklet
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user
instructions
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batteries (2 x AA = LR6).
The material of the plastic parts of the Med-O-Wheel Smart is
polycarbonate specially manufactured for the purpose. These parts are
highly resistant to shocks and cleansing agents.
Please note, however, that the Med-O-Wheel Smart is an electronic device,
which should be protected from shocks and moisture.
2 Basic use of the Med-O-Wheel Smart
In normal use, there is an empty dosage compartment under the device’s
cover lid, and you can receive the next dose of medicine by requesting it at
the right time. The dose is requested by pressing the centre of the
dispenser cover, on the lens button in the middle. If the permitted time for
administering the dose is at hand, the dispenser rotates the correct dose to
the position of the lid. At other times, the display shows the dispensing time
for the next dose, and the left side of the display shows the number of the
dose.
The dosage time set in the Med-O-Wheel Smart is the time when the device
gives the first reminder of the next dosage of medicine. Because there is
often a need slightly to vary the time for administering the medicine based
on fluctuations in the normal daily rhythm, each dose may be taken an hour
before the actual dosage time. In practice, the dosage time is usually set at,
for example, 15 or 30 minutes after the intended dispensing time, when the
user has the chance to take the dose before the audible reminder sounds.
At the dosage time, the Med-O-Wheel Smart sounds to remind the user to
take the dose of medicine. The Med-O-Wheel Smart then sounds reminders
at intervals over a two-hour period if the dose is not administered. After that,
the missed dose is registered as forgotten, the reminders cease and the
dispenser switches to waiting for the next dosage.