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The Bigfoot Unity
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Diabetes Management System User Guide | Appendix A
Long-Acting Dose Alert
Alert
What it may mean
Bigfoot Unity thinks you may have
missed your long-acting insulin dose
since it did not record a dose with
the Cap in the time period you set for
keeping track of long-acting insulin
dosing.
What to do
Check the Time Since Last Dose on your Black Cap to verify if a
long-acting dose is needed. You may have received this Alert in
error if your App and Caps have not communicated recently. Tap
OK
to acknowledge Alert. Treat a missed dose according to your
health care provider’s recommendations.
If you do not tap
OK
, Alert will repeat every 15 minutes.
Information to Enter in the App
Long-Acting Insulin
Name of long-acting insulin
Long-acting once a day dose
units
Rapid-Acting Insulin
Name of rapid-acting insulin
Rapid-acting insulin for meals
optional
Label my “Meal Insulin”
Small | Medium | Large
units of rapid-acting
Small
Medium
Large
Option A
Enter the typical rapid-acting insulin dose for small, medium, and large
amount of carbs in a meal.
Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
units of rapid-acting
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Option B
Enter the typical rapid-acting insulin dose for each meal.
Carb Amounts
units of rapid-acting
grams
Option C
Enter 3 specific carb amounts (in grams) and then enter the amount of
rapid-acting insulin to take for each specific carb amount.
Choose one
approach from below
Note
Certain insulin pens deliver doses in 2-unit increments.
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CAUTION:
Bigfoot Unity does not support insulin doses in half-unit increments.
Appendix B: Settings for Bigfoot Unity App
