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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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
About This User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Conventions and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Contraindications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Your Role: Safely Using the OmniPod System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1 Your New OmniPod Insulin Management System . . . . . . . . . . 1
Insulin Delivery with the OmniPod System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How Does the OmniPod System Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
No tubing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Automated cannula insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A fully-integrated design with blood glucose monitoring . . . . 2
Suggested bolus calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Reference food library and carb presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Record keeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Personalizing your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Pod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Personal Diabetes Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Buttons that program and control the OmniPod System . . . . . 5
Primary screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Automatic priming, safety checks, and insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rapid occlusion detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Alerts and alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The OmniPod Starter Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Set Up the Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turn on the PDM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Enter your PDM ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Select the ID screen color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Set date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Enter basal settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Enter blood glucose sound setting and BG goal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Set the suggested bolus calculator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Enter target blood glucose value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Enter minimum BG allowed for use in bolus calculation. . . . . 13
Enter insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Enter correction factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Set reverse correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14