Use with Insulins and Medicines
04/08/2006 20:12 Filed in: FAQs
I have had a few questions about using different
numbers of insulins and medicines. So here is a brief
overview of how these are now handled within Diabetes
Logbook X.
There are 2 insulin fields and 1 medicine field, as this seems to be most useful to Type 1 diabetes (which is what we are tracking). However the list of insulins is appended to the list of medicines for the medicines drop down lists and vice versa, so that the 3 fields and their associated defaults can be easily assigned either an insulin or medicine list item.
Insulins and medicine are not handled differently within the application and the distinction is only in the labels on the application interface, which are to help remind the user. Within the reports the 3 different fields are assigned a different colour to aid the reader when scanning the report.
In summary, it is best to assign an insulin/medicine to a specific 'Administered' A/B/C field, if tracking is important for that item: but it won't matter which field, A/B/C, you use.
There are 2 insulin fields and 1 medicine field, as this seems to be most useful to Type 1 diabetes (which is what we are tracking). However the list of insulins is appended to the list of medicines for the medicines drop down lists and vice versa, so that the 3 fields and their associated defaults can be easily assigned either an insulin or medicine list item.
Insulins and medicine are not handled differently within the application and the distinction is only in the labels on the application interface, which are to help remind the user. Within the reports the 3 different fields are assigned a different colour to aid the reader when scanning the report.
In summary, it is best to assign an insulin/medicine to a specific 'Administered' A/B/C field, if tracking is important for that item: but it won't matter which field, A/B/C, you use.

