OzDAFNE graduates

OzDAFNE ketone and illness guidelines

Follow the OzDAFNE ketone and illness guidelines:

• At the first sign of feeling unwell, even if your GLs are in target
• When your blood ketones are 0.6 mmol/L or more, even if you feel well
• When your GL is 15.0 mmol/L or more for over 6 hours, even if you feel well

The OzDAFNE ketone and illness guidelines must be used whether it is day or night.
The OzDAFNE ketone and illness guidelines are based on ketone checking. If you are not able to check your ketones, you must get medical help so that ketones can be checked for you and treatment given as needed.

Make sure that you always have in-date blood ketone test strips.

Click the link to download the latest OzDAFNE ketone and illness guidelines (July 2024)(PDF).

You can also download an extended OzDAFNE Tracker page to help you record the extra GL and ketone checks (PDF).

If you live in Victoria, you can also contact the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department https://www.vved.org.au/

Contact your OzDAFNE Facilitators if you would like to talk about the OzDAFNE ketone and illness guidelines, or another aspect of OzDAFNE and your diabetes management. You can contact your local OzDAFNE centre directly or fill in the Contact Us form with your location and we will put you in touch with a Facilitator near you.

The NDSS Helpline (1800 637 700) is also available if you want to talk to a health professional about any aspect of managing your diabetes.

OzDAFNE resource ordering

OzDAFNE provides graduates with extra copies of the OzDAFNE Tracker (Diary) for free. Each Tracker lasts for about 6 months.

There are a number of options to order extra copies of the Tracker.

• Fill in the online tracker order form here
• Contact your local OzDAFNE centre. They sometimes have copies that they can give to you
• Email us. 

If you have any questions or problems with ordering, please contact the OzDAFNE Project Officer.

Get involved with OzDAFNE

We are always looking for graduates who are happy to tell us about their OzDAFNE experiences. We want to make the OzDAFNE program as great as it can possibly be. This feedback helps us make changes to improve the course and the experiences of people who attend the program. It gives us the opportunity to promote the OzDAFNE program to people with diabetes and health professionals. It also helps us approach various funding bodies with an aim to make the program available to as many people as possible.

There are a number of ways that you can get involved in helping us. You could:

• Be interviewed about your OzDAFNE experience (either on video or in written format)
• Write a page or paragraph or blog about OzDAFNE that we can use on this website, in newsletters or in funding applications.
• Tell health professionals about your experience at one of our health professional workshops.
• Be a mentor to people who are thinking about doing OzDAFNE, or other graduates who may need some support.
• Be a ‘case study’ – letting our OzDAFNE Facilitators follow your progress and report on this at conferences in Australia and overseas.
• Simply help spread the word. Tell people about your experience with OzDAFNE.

If you are happy to volunteer some time to get involved in the OzDAFNE community, then please let us know!
Feel free to contact your OzDAFNE centre or contact the OzDAFNE Project Officer for any current opportunities in your area.