Roche Accu-Chek Solo, User Manual

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Term Definition
Blood glucose (BG) The blood glucose level
Blood glucose result Result of a blood glucose test
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Wireless transfer technology that digital devices use to exchange data
Bolus
The insulin amount required to cover the intake of food or correct an elevated blood glucose level.
The bolus type and bolus amount are determined by your healthcare professional’s guidelines, your
blood glucose level, the food you ate, your current state of health or your physical activity.
Bolus advice
A feature that provides the user with suggestions as to how much insulin should be delivered for a
meal or to correct the blood glucose level
Bolus advice options
Settings that are independent of the time of day and affect exclusively bolus advice calculation.
These settings include meal rise, snack size, acting time and offset time. Bolus advice calculation is
also affected by the parameters target range, insulin sensitivity and carbohydrate ratio, which are
dependent of the time of day and can be saved in the respective time blocks.
Broteinheit (Bread Equivalent)
(BE) One of the 4 units for the carbohydrate amount that you can select when setting up the micropump
system. 1 BE = 12 grams of carbohydrates
Carbohydrate Choice (CC)
One of the 4 units for the carbohydrate amount that you can select when setting up the micropump
system. 1 CC = 15 grams of carbohydrates
Carbohydrate ratio
The carbohydrate ratio defines the insulin amount necessary to compensate for a certain amount of
carbohydrates consumed.
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