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
Understanding and Adjusting Basal Rates
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Cancel a one-time temporary basal rate
1. O
n the Home screen, use the Up/Down Controller buttons
to choose Suspend/cancel, then press Select.
2. Choose Cancel temp basal (Figure 3-13), then press Select.
3. Press Confirm to cancel the temporary basal shown on the
screen.
Create a temporary basal preset
1. On the Home screen, use the Up/Down Controller buttons
to choose Settings, then press Select.
2. Choose Presets, then press Select.
3. Choose Temp basal presets, then press Select.
4. Choose [add new], then press New.
5. To use the OmniPod System’s default naming system, simply
press Next. The default naming system automatically assigns
program names in numerical order, such as temp basal 1,
temp basal 2, temp basal 3.
Or, to give a different name to the program:
a. Press the Up/Down Controller buttons to scroll through
the list of characters. An up-and-down arrow symbol on
the screen indicates the character you are changing.
b. Press the middle Soft Key to move the underscore to the
next character.
c. Enter each character one at a time. For example, if you
take an aerobics class two nights a week, you might enter
A, e, r, o, b, i, c, s (Figure 3-14 on the next page). (A blank
character or space is the first and last option in the scroll-
ing menu.)
Figure 3-13
Capitals and lowercase letters are considered the
same.