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Book Card Care

LBS.

•  Do not touch the metal contacts on

the book cards.

CAUTION  Touching the electrical con-
tacts with statically charged objects, in-
cluding your fingers, could erase
information entered in a book card.

•  Do not put excessive pressure on

the book cards.

•  Do not expose the book cards to

heat, cold, or liquids.

Specifications and Patents

Model DFC-3015

• size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm

• weight: 0.4 oz

© 1999 Franklin Electronic Publishers,

Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907
U.S.A. All rights reserved.

© 1998 by Facts and Comparisons. All

rights reserved.

Medical Book System and BOOKMAN
are trademarks of Franklin Electronic Pub-
lishers, Inc.

U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,830,618;
5,113,340;  5,321,609; 5,396,606;
5,218,536; 5,627,726.

Euro. Patent 0 136 379.

German Pats. Reg. No M9409743.7;

Reg.  No. M9409744.5.

PATENTS PENDING.

ISBN 1-56712-508-5

This unit may change operating modes due to Electro-
static Discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-
established by pressing the  reset key, 

ON/OFF

, or by

removing/replacing batteries.

Summary of Contents for DFC-3015

Page 1: ... DFC 3015 Medical Book Card User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ss MORE To Use Notes 1 When the text of the book is on screen press LIST 2 Press ENTER to select Add note 3 Press ENTER or type your own note title and then press ENTER 4 To find a note in the text press LIST highlight a note title and then press ENTER Quick Reference Guide Quick Keys A Goes to the Actions section C Goes to the Contraindications section D Goes to the Administration and Dosage sect...

Page 3: ...se the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM You may not make any copies of the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM You may not ex port or re...

Page 4: ...s 5 Selecting a Book 6 Changing the Settings 6 Viewing a Demonstration 7 Finding Therapeutic Classes 7 Finding Drug Information 9 Searching for Words 10 Highlighting Search Words 11 Expanding Your Searches 12 Reading Special Markers 13 Using Notes 14 Looking Up Words in Other Books 15 Resetting the Medical Book System 15 Book Card Care 16 Specifications and Patents 16 FCC Notice 17 Limited Warrant...

Page 5: ...g Facts and Comparisons DFC For later revisions of information always consult the latest edition of DFC and or the latest update to the loose leaf edi tion of DFC The information contained in this publication is intended to supplement the knowledge of health care professionals regarding drug information This informa tion is advisory only and is not intended to replace sound clinical judgment or in...

Page 6: ...f a highlighted item With CAP types an asterisk to stand for letters in a word At text displays the current Outline location of the text Key Combinations BACK Goes to the top level of a menu from a lower level CARD Transfers a highlighted word between installed book cards ENTER At a highlighted menu item dis plays the related text At text highlights special markers e g footnotes cross references t...

Page 7: ...c tion X Goes to the Drug Interactions sec tion W Goes to the Warnings section Installing Book Cards Understanding the Quick Keys When a drug monograph is on the screen you can use the quick keys to quickly move between the different sections UP DN You can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a drug monograph is on the screen CAUTION Never install or remove a book card when the platform is tur...

Page 8: ...Selecting a Book Changing the Settings Using the Setup menu you can adjust the type size default state shutoff time and screen contrast of this book The type size sets how large the charac ters appear on screen The shutoff time sets how long your Medical Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off The default state sets the screen that ap pears when you press CLEAR 1 Press MENU 2 Highlight S...

Page 9: ...ne menu 3 Start typing the name of a thera peutic class For example type respiratory drugs To de select a letter use BACK You can also use or to highlight a class 4 When the class is highlighted press ENTER 5 Highlight a subclass and press ENTER For example select Lung Sur factant To highlight your choice use or or type the name you want 6 Highlight a drug and press ENTER For example select Beract...

Page 10: ...R For example highlight Precau tions 8 To go quickly to another topic use the Quick Keys To learn more about the Quick Keys read the Key Guide 9 Use DN or SPACE to scroll 10 To go to the next or previous topic hold CAP and use or 11 Press CLEAR when finished Finding Therapeutic Classes If You Misspell a Drug Name When you type letters that do not match a drug on the Index menu the spelling correct...

Page 11: ...ndicates that the menu item has a submenu 4 When the drug is highlighted press ENTER to view the monograph If you entered a brand name you will go to the matching generic drug mono graph Finding Drug Information Note If you select a drug that appears in more than one class you will see a submenu For example select CLOTRIMAZOLE 5 Highlight a class and press ENTER to view the drug monograph 6 To go ...

Page 12: ...ation to find matches 3 Press ENTER to search This is the Outline location of the first match of your search words 4 Press ENTER to see the match Your search words are boxed 5 To go quickly to another topic use the Quick Keys 6 To see the Outline location of the next or previous matches if any hold and press DN or UP 7 Press MENU to see the matches listed on the menus Note After a word search only...

Page 13: ...P and press Use to highlight a match and then press ENTER Searching for Words You can also search for a word by high lighting it in text 1 At the text press ENTER To turn off the highlight press BACK 2 Use the arrow keys to highlight a word 3 Press ENTER to search for it 4 Press ENTER again to see the first match 5 Hold and press DN repeatedly to see the Outline locations of the next matches if an...

Page 14: ...a word either by entering it at the word search screen or by highlighting it in text headings and subheadings in bold type are searched first for exact matches If no exact matches are found in the head ings then the text is searched for exact matches If no exact matches are found then the headings are searched for inexact matches such as inflections and syn onyms If no inexact matches are found in...

Page 15: ...erences take you directly to re lated material in the book Tables and footnotes provide additional information 1 When you see a special marker hold and press ENTER Notice the highlight To undo the high light press BACK 2 Press ENTER 3 Press BACK repeatedly to go back Reading Special Markers Reading Special Markers Reading Multiple Special Markers Sometimes more than one special marker appears on s...

Page 16: ... book you can easily find them 1 Press LIST blue 2 Use to highlight a note title Your notes are listed by recency 3 Press ENTER to go to that note To Remove a Note 1 Find a in the text of this book Tolearnhow read ToFindaNote above 2 Press LIST blue 3 To see the full title of the note to be removed press 4 Press ENTER to select Remove note Or press BACK to exit without remov ing the note Removing ...

Page 17: ... word in the other book Looking Up Words in Other Books If due to electrostatic discharge or other cause the keyboard fails to respond or the screen performs erratically try the steps below to reset the platform Perform only as many steps as required to restore nor mal operation CAUTION Resetting the platform when book cards are installed may erase set tings and information entered in those book c...

Page 18: ...99 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 U S A All rights reserved 1998 by Facts and Comparisons All rights reserved Medical Book System and BOOKMAN are trademarks of Franklin Electronic Pub lishers Inc U S Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 5 113 340 5 321 609 5 396 606 5 218 536 5 627 726 Euro Patent 0 136 379 German Pats Reg No M9409743 7 Reg No M9409744 5 PATENTS PENDING ISBN 1...

Page 19: ...m that to which the receiver is con nected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help NOTE This unit was tested with shielded cables on the peripheral devices Shielded cables must be used with the unit to insure compliance NOTE The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unautho rized modifications to this equipment Such modi fications coul...

Page 20: ...LIN NOR OUR DEALERS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFIT LOST OR DAMAGED DATA OR OTHER COMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC LOSS EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR THEY ARE OTHERWISE FORESEEABLE WE ARE ALSO NOT RESPON...

Page 21: ...19 Appendix ...

Page 22: ...20 Appendix ...

Page 23: ... 5 Figures 13 Finding therapeutic classes 7 Footnotes 13 Function keys 4 Green SPEC key 4 8 Help messages 7 Highlighting footnotes 13 words 11 Index using the 9 Key combinations 4 LIST blue key 4 14 Misspellings correcting drug names 8 search words 11 MORE red key 4 12 NOTE marker 14 Notes deleting 14 deleting all at once 14 finding 14 Publishers Note 3 Quick Keys 5 8 understanding 5 Red MORE key ...

Page 24: ...eading 13 TABLE marker 13 Tables understanding 13 using 13 Therapeutic classes finding 7 Tutorial 7 Type size 6 Viewing cross references 13 demonstration 7 help messages 7 Word searches understanding 12 Words highlighting 11 XREF marker 13 Yellow SEARCH key 4 10 12 Index ...

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