A method and system is disclosed for variable persistence delay in access terminals receiving a concatenate page message. The well fluids include: a continuous water phase; a viscosity-increasing agent, wherein the viscosity-increasing agent comprises water-soluble hydrophilic polymer; a fluid loss control agent; and a cyclodextrin-based compound. The method implements the immobilization of sodium 2-hydroxy benzoacarbazole-3-carboxylate, effectively improves thermal stability of the luminescent dye molecules, and reduces fluorescence quenching caused by aggregation of the dye molecules. Such features are typically enabled or disabled by respectively either providing or restricting access to selected portions of the meter firmware. The wound closure system of the invention further includes a flowable, moisture-curable surgical adhesive for application into the apertures to strengthen the adhesion of the second and third portions of the backing strip to the patient.