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CONTENTS
1. System description . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1 Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 Intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 Description of function. . . . . . . . 5
Installation options . . . . . . . . . . . 5
seca mBCA data transmission. . 5
Transmission of data by seca
scales and stadiometers . . . . . . 6
Managing seca patient files . . . . 6
Recording weight and height . . . 6
Determining body composition . 6
Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Administration of user data . . . . 7
Update of the PC software. . . . . 7
Compatibility with seca
measuring devices. . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4 User qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation and administration . . 8
Measuring mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1 Safety rules in the instructions
for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 Basic safety information. . . . . . . 8
Using the software. . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using measured results . . . . . . . 9
3. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1 seca patient list . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2 seca patient file . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3 Color symbols and other
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4 Identification on the
packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4. Installation/updates . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5. Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.1 Starting/exiting program . . . . . 17
Opening the program. . . . . . . . 17
Logging off / switching user . . . 18
Exiting program . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2 “Extras” menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing references . . . . . . . . 18
Creating user-specific
modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Viewing measuring device
administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.3 Working with the seca
patient list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjusting column width. . . . . . 23
Sorting column content in
ascending or descending
order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Showing and hiding columns . 24
Showing and hiding the seca
patient list from the USB
memory stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Searching for a seca patient
file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Creating a new seca patient
file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sending seca patient file to a
seca mBCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Copying seca patient files to
USB memory stick . . . . . . . . . 30
Importing seca patient files
from the USB memory stick . . 32
Exporting seca patient files
to .csv format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Deleting individual seca
patient files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Deleting all seca patient files . . 36
5.4 Working with the seca patient
file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Opening the seca patient file . . 37
Editing patient data. . . . . . . . . 37
Entering a medical history . . . . 38
Entering laboratory data . . . . . 40
Determining weight and
height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Determining body composition
with a seca mBCA . . . . . . . . . 46
Assessing the examination
results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Writing comments. . . . . . . . . . 56
5.5 Managing a seca patient file . . 57
Printing a seca patient file . . . . 57
Importing a patient file. . . . . . . 58
6. Medical basis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.1 Evaluation modules. . . . . . . . . 60