Preventice Solutions BodyGuardian MINI User manual

Patient Instruction Manual

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CONTACT INFORMATION
General information
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Preventice Services is not an emergency response service. Contact your doctor immediately if your symptoms worsen.
If you are experiencing a medical emergency, dial 911.
If you are receiving the monitor at home and require assistance, call Preventice Services at: 888.500.3522
Did you receive your monitor at home?
Patient benefit quotes
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INSURANCE INFORMATION
Our Notice of Privacy Practices is available for your review at: www.preventicesolutions.com
On behalf of your physician, you are being provided with a heart monitor from Preventice Services. This test will be
billed in two parts:
1. Your medical professional will bill your insurance for the in-office hook-up and the final reading of the test results.
2. Preventice Services will bill your insurance for the use of the monitor along with providing the physician with 24/7
monitoring center service and all requested data and reports.
Your insurance company will usually send you an Explanation Of Benefits (EOB) describing the amount paid and the
amount you owe Preventice. An EOB is not a bill.
Our goal is to help your physician diagnose your heart condition without delay or concerns about billing. We offer
patient-friendly payment options, including a discounted rate at the time of service or a reduced rate when your
insurance indicates a large fee payable by you for our services or the physician’s services.
All equipment is the sole property of Preventice Services. To avoid financial liability and to ensure that you do
not receive a bill for the value of the equipment in your possession (up to $2,400), please return the equipment
immediately after your service ends. Any request for an extension of your study beyond your prescribed study needs to
come from your physician through a new order sent to Preventice Services. Be aware that the second study may not be
covered by all insurance providers and you may be responsible for those charges.

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INTRODUCTION
Your physician has prescribed you the BodyGuardian Mini heart monitor and monitoring center service
provided by Preventice Services to detect irregular heart rhythms. You must wear the monitor for the
length of time your doctor has prescribed.
Welcome to
Remove BodyGuardian Mini as soon as your physician or qualified health care professional ends
your service.
Important
Once your prescription has ended, turn off the monitor by pressing and holding the center button
for 3 seconds, until you hear 3 monotone beeps.
Any data or information transmitted or received by Preventice after your physician or qualified health
care professional has ended your service will not be processed, reviewed or analyzed by Preventice, and
Preventice shall have no liability for any such information or data.
When your study concludes
Caution: Federal law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.

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INTRODUCTION
Equipment
BodyGuardian
Mini monitor
Holter diary
monitor
charging cord
Saline wipes
Strip
Your equipment will include either Strips or an ECG
lead set (with electrodes). You will not receive both. Follow the
instructions for the equipment you receive.
ECG lead wires standard ECG electrodes
StripsECG lead set

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GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS for patients using STRIPS
Prepare your skin
You can wear BodyGuardian Mini either vertically
or horizontally.
If hair is present, remove the hair where
you will place the monitor.
Use either the enclosed saline wipe or
soap and water to clean the area. Dry the
area completely.
Do not apply lotions, oils, or perfumes.
Do not use alcohol wipes.
Do not abrade the skin.
Preferred (vertical)
This section (pages 6-11) includes instructions for using Strips to wear your
BodyGuardian Mini monitor. If you received an ECG lead set, see page 12.
Did you receive Strips or an ECG lead set?
Strip ECG lead set
Alternate (horizontal)
Decide which chest placement you will use before
you prepare your skin.

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GETTING STARTED
for patients using STRIPS for patients using STRIPS
Attach the monitor to the Strip
1. Slide the monitor into the black molding on
the Strip until the micro-USB connector on the
Strip is inserted completely into the monitor.
Tips
• This is most easily accomplished on a flat
surface, like a table.
• To line up the micro-USB connector with
the port on the monitor, you may need to
wiggle the monitor slightly to align.
• To ensure a good connection, pinch
together with thumb and index finger:
1

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GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS for patients using STRIPS
Attach to your chest
1. Hold the monitor and Strip assembly by the
monitor, then peel away the Strip’s adhesive
backing. The backing is removed in two
separate pieces by peeling back the tabs.
2. Place the Strip and monitor flat on your chest
in one of the placement locations (p. 9-10).
3. Press around the surface of the Strip against
the skin to ensure the Strip adheres to the skin.
Apply only to intact, clean skin. Do not apply over open wounds, lesions, infected, or inflamed areas. If you have skin
allergies or hypersensitivities to adhesives, consult your doctor to select the appropriate option.

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GETTING STARTED
for patients using STRIPS for patients using STRIPS
patient right patient left
Preferred placement (vertical)
Place the top of the Strip just below the jugular notch, which is the
bone at the base of the neck at the intersection of the collar bone.
 Once the Strip makes contact with your skin, you cannot adjust its position.
patient right patient left
continue
Ensure the arrow at the top of the
Strip on your chest is pointing up.

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GETTING STARTED for patients using STRIPS for patients using STRIPS
patient right patient left
Alternate placement (horizontal)
Place the right side of the Strip near the center of the chest over the sternum.
 Once the Strip makes contact with your skin, you cannot adjust its position.
patient right patient left
Ensure the arrow on the Strip over your left chest, near your
left arm, is pointing up.

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GETTING STARTED
for patients using STRIPS for patients using STRIPS
Turn on monitor
Press and release the center button on the monitor once.
If contact between the Strip and your skin is satisfactory:
The monitor makes a quick series of three rising beeps and the green light blinks every 5 seconds. You are
successfully monitoring.
If contact between the Strip and your skin is NOT satisfactory:
The monitor alerts you with two beeps every second. If this occurs:
1. Power off the monitor by pressing and holding the center button on the monitor for 3 seconds. The
monitor makes three monotone beeps as it powers off.
2. Revisit the previous steps in this manual to ensure that:
• The monitor is securely attached to the Strip (page 7).
• BodyGuardian Mini is properly placed and securely adhered to your chest (pages 9-10).
3. Power on the monitor by pressing and releasing the center button on the monitor once.
• If the monitor does not beep continuously, you are successfully monitoring.
• If the monitor beeps twice every second, remove the Strip, use a new Strip, and begin again on page 6.

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GETTING STARTED for patients using an ECG LEAD SET for patients using an ECG LEAD SET
Prepare your skin
Familiarize yourself with the three chest locations
where you will attach ECG electrodes.
This section (pages 12-15) includes instructions for using an ECG lead set
to wear your BodyGuardian Mini monitor. If you received Strips, see page 6.
Did you receive Strips or an ECG lead set?
Strip ECG lead set
patient right patient left
If hair is present, remove the hair where
you will place the monitor.
Use either the enclosed saline wipe or soap
and water to clean the area. Dry the area
completely.
Do not apply lotions, oils, or perfumes.

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GETTING STARTED
for patients using an ECG LEAD SET for patients using an ECG LEAD SET
Attach the monitor and
electrodes
1. Slide the BodyGuardian Mini monitor onto
the center connector of the lead wires.
Ensure the connector is inserted completely
into the monitor.
2. Snap one ECG electrode into the red lead, one
into the green lead, and one into the center
monitor connector.
connector
Poor connectionGood connection

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GETTING STARTED for patients using an ECG LEAD SET for patients using an ECG LEAD SET
Attach to your chest
Remove the adhesive backing from each of
the three electrodes, then attach them to the
following locations:
Monitor
Attach to your right side of your chest,
below your collarbone.
Green
Attach on the rib cage below your right
breast, aligned vertically with the monitor.
Red
Attach on the rib cage below your left
breast, aligned horizontally with the green.
patient right patient left
Apply only to intact, clean skin. Do not apply over open wounds, lesions, infected, or inflamed areas. If you have skin
allergies or hypersensitivities to adhesives, consult your doctor to select the appropriate option.

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GETTING STARTED
for patients using an ECG LEAD SET for patients using an ECG LEAD SET
Turn on monitor
Press and release the center button on the monitor once.
If contact between the Strip and your skin is satisfactory:
The monitor makes a quick series of three rising beeps and the green light blinks every 5 seconds. You are
successfully monitoring.
If contact between the ECG lead set and your skin is NOT satisfactory:
The monitor alerts you with two beeps every second. If this occurs:
1. Power off the monitor by pressing and holding the center button on the monitor for 3 seconds. The
monitor makes three monotone beeps as it powers off.
2. Revisit the previous steps in this manual to ensure that:
• The monitor and leads are securely attached to the ECG electrodes (page 13).
• BodyGuardian Mini is properly placed and securely adhered to your chest (page 14).
3. Power on the monitor by pressing and releasing the center button on the monitor once.
• If the monitor does not beep continuously, you are successfully monitoring.
• If the monitor beeps twice every second, remove the electrodes, use new electrodes, and begin again on
page 12.

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DAILY USAGE
Recording your symptoms
If you begin to feel symptoms related to the reason your
monitor was prescribed, such as dizziness, chest pain,
or shortness of breath, you can manually record these
events.
1. On the monitor, press and release the center button
once. The monitor makes a single beep on a successful
button push. Do not hold the button down.
2. In your Holter diary, write down the symptom date
and time.
3. Check the symptoms you are feeling.
4. Check the activity you were doing at the time you
felt the symptom.
Be sure to include your diary in the
box when you return your equipment
at the conclusion of your prescription.

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DAILY USAGE
• While charging, the blue light
on the monitor will blink.
• Once fully charged, the blue
light will remain solidly lit.
Charging time: 2 hours
Charging the monitor
1. Remove the Strip from your chest, then remove the monitor from the Strip.
2. Plug the charging cord into the monitor. Ensure the other end is plugged
into a wall outlet.
When the monitor battery is low, the monitor alerts you with two beeps and blue blinks every 5 seconds.
If the low battery alert sounds, charge the monitor immediately.
If you are using an ECG lead set:
1. Remove electrodes from your chest, then remove the monitor from lead set.
2. Plug the charging cord into the monitor. Ensure the other end is plugged
into a wall outlet.
If you are using an ECG lead set
If you are using Strips
As soon as the monitor is fully charged, use new electrodes to re-apply
BodyGuardian Mini to your chest. See pages 12-15 for instructions.
As soon as the monitor is fully charged, use a new Strip to re-apply
BodyGuardian Mini to your chest. See pages 6-11 for instructions.

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DAILY USAGE
If the monitor starts beeping during your monitoring session
2 beeps and 2 blue flashes every 5 seconds
Your monitor battery is low.
RESOLUTION
Charge the monitor immediately (page 17).
BodyGuardian Mini has not detected good contact with your skin for over 8 hours.
RESOLUTION
Revisit the previous steps in this manual to ensure that:
• The monitor is securely attached to the Strip (page 7) or ECG lead set (page 13).
• BodyGuardian Mini is properly placed and securely adhered to your chest (pages 9-10, 14).
• If the monitor continues to beep:
Remove the Strip or ECG electrodes, use a new Strip or ECG electrodes, and repeat the setup
steps beginning on page 6 (Strip) or page 12 (ECG electrodes).
2 beeps and 2 red flashes every 5 seconds

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DAILY USAGE
Monitor indicators
Sounds Lights* What it means Caused by
none every 5 sec Monitoring successfully.
and none Symptom marked. Press-and-release button push.
and every 1 sec Poor skin contact. Monitor cannot detect good contact with skin to begin
monitoring (page 11, 15).
and every 5 sec Poor skin contact. Monitor has not detected good contact with skin for over 8
hours (page 18). Replace your Strip or electrodes.
none and every 5 sec Poor skin contact.
Monitor cannot detect good contact with skin during
already established monitoring session. If this persists for
30 minutes or more, replace your Strip or electrodes.
and every 5 sec Monitor battery is low. Low monitor battery. Charge the monitor (page 17).
and Monitor is powering on. Press-and-release button push.
Monitor is powering off. Press-and-hold (3 sec) button push.
*The monitor lights are faint. They can best be detected in a dark or dimly lit room.

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DAILY USAGE
Replacing the Strip
Change the Strip when it no longer adheres to the skin. Strips are disposable. Remove the Strip while
showering or use a warm, damp cloth to blot while removing.
1. Slowly peel back and roll the adhesive away from your chest, continually blotting with water.
TIP: For easiest removal, start by peeling back the edge of the Strip furthest from the monitor.
2. Remove the monitor from the Strip, then charge the monitor (see page 17).
3. Re-attach BodyGuardian Mini to your chest (see pages 6-11).
Replacing the ECG electrodes
Change the ECG electrodes every three days OR when they no longer adhere to the skin. Electrodes are
disposable.
1. Slowly peel back and roll the adhesive on the back of the electrodes away from your chest.
2. Remove the leads from the electrodes.
3. Remove the monitor from the center connector, then charge the monitor (see page 17).
4. Re-attach BodyGuardian Mini to your chest (see pages 12-15).