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
Introduction
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Conventions and Terms
Important Information
Indication
The OmniPod
®
Insulin Management System is intended for sub-
cutaneous (below the skin) delivery of insulin at set and variable
rates for the management of diabetes mellitus in persons requir-
ing insulin and for the quantitative measurement of glucose in
fresh whole capillary blood (in vitro).
Convention/Term Meaning
Bold
Names of buttons, soft keys, menus, and
screens are in bold.
Italics
Words in italics are defined in the
Glossary at the end of this User Guide.
Press
Press and release a button or soft key.
Hold
Keep pressing a button until its function is
complete.
Menu
A list of options on the PDM. Options allow
you to perform tasks.
Screen
Displays programming, operating, and
alarm/alert information.
Button
A physical button on the PDM, such as the
Home/Power button.
Convention/Term Meaning
Icon
An image on the PDM screen that indi-
cates a menu option or item of informa-
tion. A table of screen icons appears in the
Appendices.
Soft keys
A row of three unlabeled buttons on the
PDM whose label or function appears on
the screen directly above the button. The
label changes depending on the task you
are performing.
US Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on
the order of a physician.