Franklin DFC-3015 User Manual



DFC-3015

Medical Book Card

User’s Guide

Quick Reference Guide

To Use the Menus

2. Highlight an entry by typing its

3. Press

4. Select subitems, if needed, by

5. Use

Press

and highlight the

Outline or Index menu.

name or pressing

ENTER

or .

highlighting them and pressing

ENTER

, DN, or

SPACE

to scroll.

T o Use Notes

1. When the text of the book is on screen, press

2. Press

3. Press

ENTER

note title and then press

4. To find a note in the text, press

LIST

, highlight a note title, and

then press

LIST

to select

Add note

or type your own

ENTER

T o Search for W ords

1. Press

2. Type one or more words.

3. Press

4. Hold

5. Press

6. To expand a search, press

ENTER

and press DN to see

✩

the locations of matches.

ENTER

to see a match or

to see the matches listed

on the menus.

Quick Keys*

Goes to the

Goes to the section.

Goes to the

Dosage

Goes to Goes to the

Goes to the section. Goes to

section

Goes to the

* Y ou can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a

drug monograph is on the screen.

Actions

section.

Contraindications

Administration and

section.

the

Indications

Precautions Adverse Reactions

the

Drug Interactions

Warnings

section .

section.

License Agreement

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM.

YOUR USE OF THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. The MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM remain the property of FRANKLIN.

Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not make any copies of the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way reverse engineer the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not export or re-export, directly or indirectly, the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM contains Franklin’s confidential and proprietary information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

Contents

Publishers’ Note ................................. 3

Key Guide............................................ 4

Installing Book Cards ......................... 5

Selecting a Book................................. 6

Changing the Settings........................ 6

Viewing a Demonstration ................... 7

Finding Therapeutic Classes ............. 7

Finding Drug Information................... 9

Searching for Words ........................ 10

Highlighting Search Words .............. 11

Expanding Your Searches................ 12

Reading Special Markers ................. 13

Using Notes ...................................... 14

Looking Up Words

in Other Books.................................. 15

Resetting the Medical Book System 15

Book Card Care ................................ 16

Specifications and Patents .............. 16

FCC Notice ........................................ 17

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ............ 18

Appendix ........................................... 19

Index .................................................. 21

➤

About Book Card Compatibility

IMPORT ANT This book card can be used only with the Medical Book Sys-

™

platform and will not function in

tem any other Franklin BOOKMAN form.

The Medical Book System platform can use Franklin BOOKMAN book cards as well as Medical Book System book cards. However, Franklin BOOKMAN platforms cannot use Medical Book System book cards.

➤

For More Information

T o learn more about the Medical Book System or other products from Franklin Electronic Publishers, call 800-6655450 or visit the Franklin Web site at www.franklin.com.

plat-

Publishers’ Note

Drug Facts and Comparisons® (DFC) is a comprehensive drug information compendium. Organized by therapeutic drug classes, the format is designed to provide a wide scope of drug information in a manner that facilitates comparisons among the drugs. A comprehensive index, a detailed table of contents for each chapter and extensive cross referencing enable the reader to quickly locate needed information.

Information in this data card is abridged from the 1999 edition of Drug Facts and Comparisons. For information not contained in this version, please consult the printed edition of Drug Facts and Comparisons® (DFC). For later revisions of information, always consult the latest edition of DFC and /or the latest update to the loose-leaf edition of DFC. The information contained in this publication is intended to supplement the knowledge of health care professionals regarding drug information. This information is advisory only and is not intended to replace sound clinical judgment or individualized patient care in the delivery of health care services. Facts and Comparisons disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including any warranty as to the quality, accuracy or suitability of this information for any particular purpose.

Key Guide

Color Keys

(red) Expands a word search.

SPEC

(green) Displays the Outline location of the current text.

(

yellow

) Displays the word search screen.

LIST

(blue) Lets you add, find, or remove a note.

Function Keys

BACK

Erases typed letters, or backs up to the previous screen.

CAP

Shifts keys to type capitals or punctuation.

CARD

Exits the currently selected book.

CLEAR

Clears an entry or search and goes to the default state.

ENTER

Enters a word, selects a menu item, or starts the highlight in text.

HELP

Displays help messages.

Displays the main menus.

ON/OFF

Turns the platform on or off.

SPACE

At entry screens, types a space. At menus and text, pages down.

✻

At menus, displays the title of a highlighted

item. With

CAP

, types an asterisk (✽) to

stand for letters in a word. At text, displays the current Outline location of the text.

Key Combinations*

BACK

✩

Goes to the top level of a menu from a lower level.

CARD

✩

Transfers a highlighted word between installed book cards.

ENTER

At a highlighted menu item, displays the related text. At text, highlights special markers (e.g., footnotes, cross-references, tables, etc.).

+Q-P Types numbers.

✩

CAP

At text, displays the next or previous paragraph, table row, or search match.

Goes to the top or bottom of a menu or list. At text, goes to the next or previous Outline title.

* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

➤

Understanding the Keys

The functions of the keys may vary according to which book card is installed and selected in the platform. To learn how to use a particular book card, read its User’s Guide.

Key Guide

Installing Book Cards

Direction Keys

Pages up or down. Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.

Quick Keys*

Goes to the Actions section.

Goes to the Contraindications section.

Goes to the Administration and Dosage section.

Goes to the Indications section.

Goes to the Precautions section.

Goes to the Adverse Reactions section.

Goes to the Drug Interactions sec-

tion.

Goes to the Warnings section.

* Y ou can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a

drug monograph is on the screen.

➤

Understanding the Quick Keys

When a drug monograph is on the screen, you can use the quick keys to quickly move between the different sections.

CAUTION Never install or remove a book card when the platform is turned on. If you do, information entered in any installed book cards may be erased.

1. T urn the platform off.

2. T urn the platform over.

3. Align the book card tabs with the notches in a card slot.

4. Press the book card until it snaps into the slot.

➤

Removing Book Cards

CAUTION When you remove a book card from a platform, information entered in that book card may be erased.

Selecting a Book

Changing the Settings

If you have installed two book cards in the platform, you can select which book you want to read.

1. Turn the platform on.

CARD

2. Press

3. Use or to highlight the book you want to use.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

➤ Auto-Shutoff and Auto-Resume

If the platform shuts off automatically when this book card is selected, you can return to the last screen that you viewed simply by turning the platform on.

Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the type size, default state, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book.

The type size sets how large the characters appear on screen. The shutoff time sets how long your Medical Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off.

The default state sets the screen that ap-

CLEAR

pears when you press

1. Press

2. Highlight

Set Type Size, Set Default State, Set Shutoff Contrast

3. Press

4. Use

Or press

on the Setup menu.

ENTER

or to change the setting.

BACK

to leave the setting

, or

unchanged.

5. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Set

+ 16 hidden pages