Fresenius IQ Card

[Huxbar]

Does anyone know how to retrieve data from the IQ Card? It only holds seven days of exchange data and then starts to overwrite. I want to extract that data so I can chart my exchange figures.

[Hawkeye]

I'm not 100% sure on this but if it is the same as the cards on some of the other machines it is just a memory stick you might see in a camcorder or digital camera.  If you have a computer with a built in card reader it should fit in one of those slots if not you could purchase one at a computer store or on line.  The only problem is reading the data.  I would just about bet the farm that the program you would need to read the data is a program that only Fresenius uses and something you would not have access to.

[JerseyGirl]

Hawkeye is correct.  Your HT nurse can easily print twocopies of the data sheets when you bring it in to them - the card holds 30 days of data, not seven.  I love that IQ Card!

[Hawkeye]

Hawkeye is correct.  Your HT nurse can easily print two copies of the data sheets when you bring it in to them - the card holds 30 days of data, not seven.  I love that IQ Card!

Even though my clinic is a Fresenius clinic the Medical Director prefers the Baxter PD machine to the Fresenius machines.  Because of this I am not as familiar with the Fresenius machine.  I do know that some of the older cards that the Baxter machine can use do not have as large of a capacity as some of the newer ones.  That being the case the older cards can't store as much info before rewriting.  It could be the same with the Fresenius cards.

[JerseyGirl]

You can also retrieve your exchange data from the DATA SHEET option on the cycler screen.  Refer to your manual.  The data saved via this route is only seven days worth, but the card saves 30 days.

[Huxbar]

The IQ Card I have is a PCMCIA card.
I put it in my laptop computer but it does not recognize it.
I need a driver before Windows will be able to read it.
My P.D. nurse can not access the program to read the card - something about a lost password.

[Hawkeye]

The IQ Card I have is a PCMCIA card.
I put it in my laptop computer but it does not recognize it.
I need a driver before Windows will be able to read it.
My P.D. nurse can not access the program to read the card - something about a lost password.

I'm assuming (and we all know what that does) that since you are using a Fresenius machine you are at a Fresenius clinic.  If that is the case your PD nurse can put in a Remedy Ticket in the computer system (they should know how, and if not there will be someone there that does) and get the password reset.