Time in Range Visual Tool/Handout – Instead of the A1C – Making Glucose Monitoring Count

Have you ever thought the A1C is outdated and you want to be able to SHOW your clients how the same A1C can be really different because of variability?

Not sure how to explain Time in Range to your clients?

This tool can help to show how different factors:

• Food choices and amount of food eaten
• Activity
• Medications

Can make a difference in variability.

This tool/handout is a great conversation starter!

Ways to use the tool/handout:

• It shows how the A1C doesn’t measure variability

• What the client does can make a difference in the variability of glucose values

• A way to talk about reducing risk of complications caused by variability

• A way to introduce Time in Range (TIR) and what a starting goals could be

• Talk about the factors that influence glucose values – food, activity, and medicine

This handout is part of the Time in Range (TIR) Glucose Monitoring – Beyond the A1C along with other handouts. Save 44% when you buy the Time in Range (TIR) Glucose Monitoring – Beyond the A1C package!

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