User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Your New OmniPod Insulin Management System
- Getting Started
- The OmniPod Starter Kit
- Set Up the Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM)
- The Setup Wizard
- Enter your PDM ID
- Select the ID screen color
- Set date and time
- Enter basal settings
- Enter blood glucose sound setting and BG goal
- Set the suggested bolus calculator
- Enter target blood glucose value
- Enter minimum BG allowed for use in bolus calculation
- Enter insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio
- Enter correction factor
- Set reverse correction
- Enter the duration of insulin action
- Select bolus increment and enter maximum bolus
- Set extended bolus doses
- Set low reservoir advisory
- Set expiration notification
- Understanding and Adjusting Basal Rates
- Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
- Using the Personal Diabetes Manager
- Checking Your Blood Glucose
- The Built-in FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Meter
- The FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Test Strips
- The FreeStyle® Control Solution
- Performing a Control Solution Test
- Performing a Blood Glucose Reading
- Blood Glucose Results and the Suggested Bolus Calculator
- Entering Blood Glucose Readings Manually
- Editing Tags
- Low and High Blood Glucose Readings
- Important Health-Related Information
- Understanding Your Records
- Living with Diabetes
- Alerts and Alarms
- Communication Failures
- Appendix
- Pod Care and Maintenance
- Personal Diabetes Manager Care and Maintenance
- Storage and Supplies
- Suggested Bolus Calculator Examples and Guidelines
- OmniPod System Options and Settings
- Pod Specifications
- Accuracy Test Results
- Personal Diabetes Manager Specifications
- Blood Glucose Meter Specifications
- OmniPod System Label Symbols
- Personal Diabetes Manager Icons
- OmniPod System Notice Concerning Interference
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Customer Bill of Rights
- Limited Warranty for the Personal Diabetes Manager
- HIPAA Privacy Notice
- Glossary
- Index
Checking Your Blood Glucose
92
7
■ Entering Blood Glucose Readings Manually
You can enter blood glucose readings manually into the PDM.
This is particularly helpful if you use a separate blood glucose
meter.
1. On the Home screen, use the Up/Down Controller buttons
to choose More actions,then press Select.
2. Choose Add BG reading, then press Select.
3. Use the Up/Down Controller buttons to enter the BG read-
ing from your separate meter.
4. Press Tag to assign a tag to the reading. Press OK when fin-
ished. (For an explanation of entering tags, see page 90.)
5. Press Save to save the reading.
Or press Cancel to return to the More actions menu without
saving the reading.
The Bolus Entry screen does not open if:
• A regular bolus is currently in process
• The meter temperature is out of range
• You have tagged this BG reading as a Control
• The BG reading is less than your “Min BG for calcs”
• Insulin is suspended
Figure 7-33
To enter a “LOW” reading, press the Up/Down
Controller buttons down until you reach the mini-
mum value (20); then press down one more time.
To enter a “HIGH” reading, press up until you reach
the maximum value (500); then press up one more
time.