Microlife WatchBP Home User manual

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Accurate home and
nocturnal blood pressure
measurements
with the WatchBP Home N.
Instruction Manual

Microlife WatchBP Home N is the device designed to measure daily and nocturnal blood pressure.
It strictly follows European Society of Hypertension (ESH)1, 2 and American Heart Association (AHA)3
recommendations of 7-day home measurement period with two measuremetns in the morning and two
in the evening. Using the WatchBP Home N device helps you collect accurate diurnal and nocturnal blood
pressure measurements. This gives a good insight in your daily blood pressure pattern and therefore
provides valuable information to your doctor. The WatchBP Home N device has been clinically validated
according to the ESH protocol4.
1 O’Brien E, Asmar R, Beilin L, Imai Y, et al. European Society of Hypertension recommendations for conventional, ambulatory and home blood pressure
measurement. European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring. J Hypertens 2003;21:821-848.
2 Stergiou GS, et al. A tool for reliable self-home blood pressure monitoring designed according to the European Society of Hypertension
recommendations: The Microlife WatchBP Home monitor. Blood press Monit. 2007;12:127-131.
3 Thomas G. Pickering, Nancy Houston Miller, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Lawrence R. Krakoff, Nancy T. Artinian and David Goff. Call to Action on Use and
Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Executive Summary: A Joint Scientic Statement From the American Heart Association, American
Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Hypertension 2008;52;1-9
4 Stergiou GS, Giovas PP, Gkinos CP, Patouras JD. Validation of the Microlife WatchBP Home device for self home blood pressure measurement according
to The International Protocol. Blood Press Monit. 2007;12(3):185-188.

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Before using WatchBP Home N for the rst time
Product description .....................................................3–4
Activating the device ...................................................... 5
Selecting the correct cuff ................................................ 6
Taking measurements using WatchBP Home N
«USUAL» Mode ............................................................... 7
«DIAG.» Mode ............................................................7–10
«NOCTURNAL» Mode .................................................... 11
Reording medication intake and Memory
Reording medication intake ................................... 12–13
Memory ........................................................................ 14
Eight steps for taking accurate blood pressure
measurements
Blood pressure measurement procedures ............. 15–18
Special function
Atrial Fibrillation Detection .................................... 19–20
Viewing, deleting, and transferring measurement
values
Viewing measurement values ............................... 21–24
Deleting measurement values ..................................... 24
Transferring measurement values.......................... 25–26
Appendix
Batteries and power adaptor ................................. 27–28
Safety, care, accuracy test and disposal ................. 29–30
Error messages ....................................................... 31–32
Important facts ....................................................... 33–34
Technical specications ................................................ 35
Table of Contents

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SYS
mmHg
mmHg
DIA
PUL
/min
USUAL
DIAG.
NOCTURNAL
M Button (Memory)
N
O
C
T
U
RNA
L
U
SU
A
L
DIA
G
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Display
ON/OFF Button
Cuff Socket
Power Socket
Serial Port Battery Compartment
Mode Switch
Medication Button

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Mode Indicators
Doctor Symbol
Atrial Fibrillation Detection
Outside Measurement time
Relax
Battery Display
Delete Memory Data
Morning Data
Evening Data
Date/Time
Systolic Value
Diastolic Value
Pulse Indicator
Pulse Rate
Number of Stored Data
USUAL
DIAG.
NOCTURNAL