Franklin AMT-3006 User manual


AMT-3006
Medical Book Card
User’s Guide

MBS
Medical Book System™
T H E S A N F O R D
GUIDE TO
ANTIMICROBIAL
THERAPY

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Quick Reference Guide
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
.
To Start Using a Book Card
1. Install the book card in a slot in
the back of the Medical Book
System platform.
2. Turn the platform on.
3. If needed, press
CARD
and then
use the or to highlight its
icon.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
To Search for Words
1. Press
SEARCH
.
2. Type one or more words.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Hold
✩
and press
DN
to see
the locations of matches.
5. Press
ENTER
to see a match or
MENU
to see the matches listed
on the menus.
6. To expand a search, press
MORE
.
To Use the Menus
1. Press
MENU
and highlight the
Outline menu or the Index menu.
2. Highlight an entry by typing its
name or pressing or .
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Select subitems, if needed, by
highlighting them and pressing
ENTER
.
5. Use ,
DN
, or
SPACE
to scroll.

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READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE MEDICAL BOOK
SYSTEM.
YOUR USE OF THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM DEEMS THATYOUACCEPT
THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE
TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO
THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE MEDICAL BOOK SYS-
TEMAND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. The MEDICAL
BOOK SYSTEM means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in
this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
LIMITED USE LICENSE
All rights in the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM remain the property of FRANKLIN.
Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to
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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-
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adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective
until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN
if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
License Agreement

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Contents
➤ About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORTANT This book card can be
used only with the Medical Book Sys-
tem
™
platform and will not function in any
other Franklin BOOKMAN
®
platform.
The Medical Book System platform
can use Franklin BOOKMAN book
cards as well as Medical Book System
book cards. However, Franklin BOOK-
MAN platforms cannot use Medical
Book System book cards.
➤ For More Information
To learn more about the Medical Book
System or other products from Frank-
lin Electronic Publishers, call 800-665-
5450 or visit the Franklin Web site at
www.franklin.com.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s
Guide may differ from what you see
on screen. This does not mean that
your Medical Book System is
malfunctioning.
Notice ........................................... 3
Key Guide..................................... 4
Installing Book Cards .................. 5
Selecting a Book .......................... 5
Changing the Settings ................. 6
Viewing a Demonstration ............ 6
Using the Outline ......................... 7
Using the Index ............................ 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
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..... 17
Index ........................................... 18

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Notice
IN MEMORIAM
Jay P. Sanford, M.D.
1928-1996
Note: It is with sadness that we note the
death of Jay P. Sanford, M.D., on October
23, 1996. We wish to assure you that the
Sanford Guides will continue to be up-
dated and published on an annual basis
and that we are firmly committed to
maintaining the same high standards of
excellence that typified Dr. Sanford’s ef-
forts over the last 26 years.
Some of the recommendations in the
Sanford Guide suggest use of agents for
purposes or in dosages other than recom-
mended in product labeling. Such recom-
mendations are based on reports in
peer-reviewed publications; they are not
based on direct input from any pharma-
ceutical manufacturer. They are made
only with due consideration of the con-
cerns by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion about recommendations for
“off-label” uses. We have attempted to
identify such as “not FDA-approved for
this indication.”
In accordance with American Medical
Association guidelines and FDA regula-
tions, you, the user, should know that the
Sanford Guide is not prepared for any
single pharmaceutical company or dis-
tributor; though it is distributed by mul-
tiple companies in the health care field,
the Sanford Guide is independently pre-
pared and published. It is not subject to
any form of approval prior to publication.
We acknowledge Carolyn Wickwire for
her continued commitment to preparing
this complex manuscript, Gateway
Graphics for its efficient printing and Fox
Bindery for accurate binding of the
Sanford Guides.
The Publishers
The Editors
February 1997

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Color Keys
MORE
(red)Expands a word search.
SPEC
(green)Displays the Outline loca-
tion of the current text.
SEARCH
( yellow )Displaysthewordsearchscreen.
LIST
(blue) Lets you add, find, or remove
a note.
Function Keys
BACK
Erases typed letters, or backs up to
the previous screen.
CAP
Shiftskeystotypecapitalsorpunctuation.
CARD
Exits the currently selected book.
CLEAR
Clears an entry or search and goes
to the default state.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu item,
or starts the highlight in text.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns the platform on or off.
SPACE
At entry screens, types a space. At
menus and text, pages down.
?
✻
At menus, displays the title of a high-
lighted item. With
CAP
, types an
asterisk (✽) to stand for letters in a
word.At text, displays the current Out-
line location of the text.
Direction Keys
Pages up or down.
Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.
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, etc.).
✩
+Q-P Types numbers.
✩
+
DN
At text, displays the next or
previous paragraph, table row,
or search match.
CAP
+ Goes to the top or bottom of
a menu or list.At text, goes to
the next or previous Outline title.
Key Guide
or
UP
or
UP
DN
➤ Understanding the Keys
The functions of the keys may vary ac-
cording to which book card is installed
and selected in the platform. To learn
how to use a particular book card, read
its User’s Guide.
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

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CAUTION Never install or remove a
book card when the platform is turned on.
If you do, information entered in any
installed book cards may be erased.
1. Turn the platform off.
2. Turn the platform over.
3. Align the book card tabs with the
notches in a card slot.
4. Press the book card until it snaps
into the slot.
Installing Book Cards
➤ Removing Book Cards
CAUTION When you remove a book
card from a platform, information en-
tered in that book card may be erased.
If you have installed two book cards in
the platform, you can select which book
you want to read.
1. Turn the platform on.
2. Press
CARD
.
3. Use or to highlight the book
you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Selecting a Book
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off the platform at any
screen. When you turn it on again, the
last screen that you viewed appears.

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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 Set Type Size, Set De-
fault State, Set Shutoff
, or Set
Contrast
on the Setup menu.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use or to change the setting.
Or press
BACK
to leave the setting
unchanged.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Before you start using this book, you may
want to see a brief demonstration of what it
can do.
Press
MENU
and then use the arrow keys to
highlight View Demo on the Setup menu.
Press
ENTER
to select it. To stop the dem-
onstration, press
CLEAR
.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtu-
ally any screen by pressing
HELP
. To
exit help, press
BACK
.
To read a tutorial about this book, se-
lect Tutorial from the Setup menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to move through menus or view
more text.

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Using the Outline
The tables of the Guide to Antimicrobial
Therapy are listed in the Outline as chap-
ters, sections and subsections. Using the
Outline, you can view any row of any
table.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. If needed, press
MENU
and high-
light the Outline menu.
3. Highlight a chapter by typing its
number or using the arrow keys.
For example, highlight
8A Treat-
ment of Mycobacterial Disease
.
To type a number, hold
✩
and press a
numbered key.
To delete a letter or number, press
BACK
.
The slanted arrow indicates that the
menu item has a submenu.
4. When the chapter is highlighted,
press
ENTER
to select it.
Note: You can go directly to the text
by holding
✩
and pressing
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a section and press
ENTER
.
For example, select
Exposure to M.
tuberculosis...
6. If needed, highlight subsection(s)
and press
ENTER
.
7. Use , DN , or
SPACE
to scroll.
8. To go to the next or previous subsec-
tion, hold
CAP
and use or .
9. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Using the Outline

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Using the Outline
➤ Understanding the Outline
The tables listed in the Outline gener-
ally correspond to the tables in the
printed Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
(1997 ed.). However, some tables (e.g.,
Table 4) have been divided.
The submenus in the Outline usually
list the row headings and subheadings
of a table. Some row headings have
been alphabetized or rearranged for
easier reference. The information in
each column is presented as text.
➤ Finding Drug Equivalents
Tables 20Aand 20B list generic drugs
and their common trade names, and vice
versa. To find an equivalent, first select
Table 20Aor 20B.
Then type a generic or trade name and
press
ENTER
. To go back to the Outline,
press
BACK
.
➤ Finding Abbreviation Meanings
The last item listed on the Outline is
the Abbreviations Glossary.
To use this glossary, highlight the Out-
line menu and then hold
CAP
and
press . Next, press
ENTER
and type
an abbreviation.
Finally, press
ENTER
to view its meaning.
You can also view the Abbreviations
Glossary by selecting Abbreviations
from the Index.
Using the Outline