System Instruction

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Equil
®
Patch Insulin Pump System
the appropriate maximum rate. Choose
“OK” to save and exit or “Cancel” to
exit without saving.
Figure 18
b) Choose the Base Basal Rate setting to
open a dialog box (Figure 19) that can be
used to input your base basal rate. Use
the “+” and “-“ buttons to select the
appropriate value. Choose OK to save and
exit or Cancel to exit without saving.
Figure 19
c) Choose the Temporary Basal Rate
setting to open a dialog box (Figure 20) that
will give you options.
Off: Temporary basal rates are disabled.
The temporary basal rate controls will be
greyed out.
U/hr: Temporary basal rates will be
displayed in units of insulin delivered per
hour.
This feature is used to limit the
maximum amount of basal delivery
that can be administered by accident or
misoperation.
Note
This value is the most frequently
used basal rate, and all other rates will
be calculated based on this base rate.
Note