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Notice trends and patterns in your glucose numbers and make connections between your numbers and your habits, such as food, exercise or medications.
What is structured monitoring?
The goal of diabetes monitoring is to keep blood glucose levels in a healthy range. This can help reduce the risk for serious health complications.
Structured monitoring means checking your blood glucose readings at scheduled times and, in some cases, on specific days, based on your diabetes type and treatment plan. By following these set patterns of checks, you may be able to better:
Understand potential causes for above range (also referred to as high or hyper) or below range (also referred to as low or hypo) readings.
Have an informed and meaningful conversation with your diabetes care team about your diabetes management.
How regularly you should check your blood glucose will vary depending on a number of factors, including your type of diabetes, medication type and your diabetes goals. Your doctor may have recommended a schedule to you, or you can understand some possible schedules by downloading one of our tailored templates.
How can I keep track of my readings?
The easiest way to keep track of your readings is by using your OneTouch® meter connected to the OneTouch Reveal® mobile app. Using ColourSure® technology, the OneTouch Reveal® mobile app transforms data into quick visual snapshots that allow you to dive into personalized dashboards that connect your blood glucose with food, insulin and activity, as well as easily share your readings with your healthcare professional.
Structured monitoring means checking your blood glucose readings at scheduled times and, in some cases, on specific days, based on your diabetes type and treatment plan.
Once you have a structured monitoring schedule tailored to you, it’s time to record and track your readings.
Track automatically
OneTouch Reveal® mobile app
When you use the OneTouch Verio Reflect® meter, the electronic logbook automatically logs and organizes your blood glucose results directly to your phone via Bluetooth.
Download the OneTouch Reveal mobile app for FREE:
Download the free app 
Track on paper
Free PDF download
If you prefer to use pen and paper to log your results manually, you can download and print your monitoring template.
Tips for what each reading can show:
Fasting
- Effect of basal insulin dose
- Effect of non-insulin medication dose
- Impact of bedtime snack from the previous evening
Before meal
- Effect of bolus insulin dose taken for the previous meal
- Effect of non-insulin medication dose
- Impact of events between meals (exercise, stress, snacks, etc.)
After meal
- Effect of bolus insulin taken for that specific meal
- Effect of non-insulin medication dose
- Impact of carbohydrate (carb) intake at that specific meal
Bedtime
- Effect of bolus insulin dose taken for dinner
- Effect of non-insulin medication dose
- Impact of carbohydrate (carb) intake at dinner or evening snack
- If you need a bedtime snack to prevent a low blood glucose during the night
During night
- Effect of basal insulin dose
- Effect of non-insulin medication dose
- Impact of bedtime snack
Tips if readings are out of range:
(for people on intensive insulin therapy)
Fasting
- Discuss your basal insulin dose with your healthcare provider
- Adjust bedtime snack
Before meal
- Discuss your bolus insulin dose for the previous meal with your healthcare provider
- Consider the need for between meal snacking
- Add after meal glucose checks
After meal
- Discuss your bolus insulin for that specific meal with your healthcare provider
- Adjust carbohydrate (carb) intake at that specific meal
Bedtime
- Adjust bedtime snack
- Discuss your bolus insulin dose for dinner with your healthcare provider
- Add after dinner glucose checks
During night
- Discuss your basal insulin dose with your healthcare provider
- Adjust bedtime snack
Treatment decisions should be based on the current numerical blood glucose reading and healthcare professional recommendations.
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