User's Manual

Using the OmniPod

2. Press Ye s if you can see that the cannula is properly inserted.

The PDM returns to the Status screen.

Or press No if you see a problem with the cannula. The PDM

instructs you to deactivate the new Pod (Figure 5-22). Press

Discard to restart the process with a new Pod.

Or press Back to return to the previous screen.

■ Check Pod Status

To check Pod status, if the PDM is turned off, press and hold the

Power button to display the Status screen. If the PDM is on,

press Back until you reach the Status screen. (If you press and

hold the Power button, you will turn off the PDM instead.) Or,

from the Home screen, press Status.

The PDM automatically checks the status of the Pod. The PDM

then displays the current reservoir volume, PDM battery level,

last blood glucose, last bolus dose, active basal program, and any

alarm conditions. See Chapter 6, Using the Personal Diabetes

Manager, for details of what you see on the Status screen.

If the Pod goes into hazard alarm condition and the PDM is

unable to communicate with it to turn off the alarm, you can turn

it off manually. See the end of Chapter 11, Communication Fail-

ures, for instructions.

NEVER inject insulin (or anything else) into the

fill port while the Pod is on your body. Doing so may

result in unintended or interrupted insulin delivery.

Figure 5-22

Once a Pod is activated and communicates with the

PDM, it can only receive commands from that PDM,

not from any other.