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
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Glossary
A1c (see Hemoglobin A1c)
Advisory alarm
Notification by the PDM that a serious condition exists.
Aseptic technique
A method for maintaining sterilization and preventing
contamination.
Basal program
One or more basal rates that together cover a 24-hour period
from midnight to midnight.
Basal rate
A small base or background amount of insu
lin that is delivered, at
a preset rate, continuously for a specified period of time. Basal
rates are measured in units per hour (U/hr).
Basal segment (time segment)
The time period during which a specific basal rate is delivered.
BG goal
A range of blood glucose levels th
at you are trying to achieve dur-
ing a certain period of the day. For example, you may want one
BG goal before meals, a different BG goal two hours after meals,
and yet another BG goal for bedtime.
Blood glucose (see glucose)
Blood glucose level
The amount of glucose, or sugar, in the blood.
Blood glucose meter
A device used to check blood glucose content.
Bolus dose
A dose of insulin taken to correct an elevated bloo
d glucose level
or to cover carbohydrates in a meal or snack.
Bolus preset
A bolus dose of insulin, in units, that can be assigned a custom
name and preprogrammed into the PDM.