WellionVet Gluco Calea User manual

OWNERS GUIDE

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Dear WellionVet GLUCO CALEA Owner,
Thank you for choosing the WellionVet GLUCO CALEA
Blood Glucose Monitor System that will help you moni-
toring the blood sugar levels of your pet. We designed the
WellionVet GLUCO CALEA Blood Glucose Monitoring System
to be accurate and easy to use.
Your new WellionVet GLUCO CALEA Blood Glucose Monitor-
ing System is designed with convenience and accuracy in
mind to make your life easier. To ensure the test results are
accurate on every test, we created three unique code chips
for the measurement of blood sugar in a cat, a dog or a horse.
All information needed to use and maintain your new meter
is included in this manual. Please read it carefully.
The WellionVet GLUCO CALEA Blood Glucose Monitoring
System is a portable battery operated meter intended for use
as an aid for persons with diabetic pets and by health care
professionals to monitor glucose concentration in whole
blood of cats, dogs and horses.
If you have questions or simply want more informa-
tion, please call your veterinarian or visit our website at
www.wellionvet.at.

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WHY A PARTICULAR BLOOD GLUCOSE METER
FOR MY CAT, DOG OR HORSE?
Animals and humans have a dierent composition of blood,
especially the distribution of the glucose in blood plasma and
whole blood is signicantly dierent. In animals the concen-
tration of glucose in plasma is much higher than in humans:
If you use a meter for human blood on a cat, dog or horse, it
may result in inaccurate readings and underestimation of the
blood glucose value.
The human meter is especially calibrated on human blood
and will calculate the accurate human glucose result.
But this is not the same value as it would be for your cat, dog
or horse - to receive an accurate value for your pet you must
use a blood glucose meter developed especially for animals.
Your WellionVet GLUCO CALEA meter is calibrated especially
for the blood of cats, dogs and horses.
CAT
About 93% of the glucose
is located in plasma and
7% of the glucose in the
red blood cells
DOG
About 87.5% of the glucose
is located in plasma and
12.5% of the glucose in the
red blood cells
HUMAN
About 58% of the glucose
is located in plasma and
42% of the glucose in the
red blood cells

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Testing your pet‘s blood glucose at home will help to improve
the diabetes therapy.
WellionVet
GLUCO CALEA
pet meter
Human meter
Human
blood glucose result N/A accurate
Cat
blood glucose result
precise
when coded for cat
can show a false,
low result
Dog
blood glucose result
precise
when coded for dog
can show a false,
low result
Horse
blood glucose result
precise
when coded for horse
can show a false,
low result
A cat with glucose levels below 250 mg/dL
(13,8 mmol/l) and a nadir of 80-150 mg/dL
(4,4-8,3 mmol/l) is considered to be well controlled.*
A dog with glucose levels below 180 mg/dL
(10 mmol/l) and a nadir of 80-150 mg/dL
(4,4-8,3 mmol/l) is considered to be well controlled.*
Contact a veterinary surgeon and follow his or her
treatment advice about the target range for the horse.
*Priv. Doz. Dr. med. vet. Florian Zeugswetter, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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When your pet is relaxed and able to follow its routine, the
measured blood glucose results will be more accurate. Your
veterinarian can use the consistent data of the measurements
at home together with the measurements in the vet clinic to
optimise the treatment of your pet.
It is important to motivate the animals by means of positive
reinforcement like:
t Perform the blood glucose testing under calm and
relaxed conditions
t Feed a “Goodie”as a reward
t Use a lancing device that only gives a silent “click”

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR
WELLIONVET GLUCO CALEA BLOOD GLUCOSE KIT
The WellionVet GLUCO CALEA Blood Glucose Monitoring
System kit includes the following items:
WellionVet GLUCO CALEA blood glucose meter
Wellion Lancing device
10 Wellion Lancets
Compact Pouch
User guide
WellionVet GLUCO CALEA test strips can be purchased
separately.

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The WellionVet GLUCO CALEA meter
Display
Shows the blood
glucose test results,
memory values and
other messages.
Test Strip Port
Insert test strip to
turn on the meter.
M button (menu/mode)
Press to access the memory or the
set up mode. View average results
in memory mode. Press and enter
to set up a specic function in set
up mode.
S Button (select/set)
Press for scrolling through
stored test values and
test averages or numbers
when setting up the
meter.
Strip Ejection
button
To eject the
used strip
slide/move the
button
Light button
Press the button to
turn on the back-
light.
Battery compartment
Holds a 3-Volt lithium
battery (CR-2032).
Unique code chip
Insert the correct code
chip for your pet into the
code chip port. There are
three code chips in the
test strip package for the
measurement in a cat, a
dog or a horse.

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The WellionVet GLUCO CALEA meter display
Date TimeMEM symbol
Shown while
scrolling
through
memory mode
Code symbol
Appears with
the code of the
test strips used.
Blood symbol
and Test strip
symbol
Both symbols
appear when
the meter is
ready for test
and you can
apply the blood
sample to the
test strip.
Unit of
measurement
Warning
symbol
Indicates that
the glucose
result is out of
the range of the
reference value.
Alarm Clock
Icon
Indicates that
the alarm clock
is set.
14 days
Average
Shown while
scrolling
through the
memory.
Reading
Digits show
the test result,
memory and the
averages.
Temperature Icon
Indicates that the
meter is out of the
range of operating
temperature.

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The WellionVet GLUCO CALEA Blood Glucose Test
Strip
The WellionVet GLUCO CALEA Test Strips are glucose specic,
biosensor-based test strips that can test glucose in capillary
whole blood of animals (cats, dogs and horses) in only a few
seconds and require a very little blood sample.
To ensure the test results are accurate on every test, we
created three unique code chips for the measurement in a
cat, a dog or a horse (Colourcoding).
This feature eliminates errors in testing caused by incorrect cali-
bration. The test result is plasma referenced for easy compari-
son to lab results. Please make sure that the control window of
the test strip is completely lled with the blood sample in order
to get an accurate and meaningful result.
Contact Points
Insert this end
into the test
strip port on the
meter.
Sampling End
Apply blood here
Control Window
The little window allows you to check if there is
enough blood sipped into the test strip.