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Alarms, Action and Reminder Notications20
20.3. Priority and Predictability of Alarms and
Notications
Hazard alarms take priority over advisory alarms. In general, only one hazard
alarm can occur at a time. In the unlikely event that a Pod and Omnipod 5 app
hazard alarm occur simultaneously, the Omnipod 5 app hazard alarm is displayed
rst.
Advisory alarms take priority over Action Item notications, which take priority
over reminder notications. If multiple advisory alarms occur, the
Omnipod 5 app displays the most recent message rst. e following advisory
alarms always occur before a hazard alarm:
Advisory alarm Hazard alarm
Pod Expired
→
Pod Expired
Low Pod Insulin
→
Pod Out of Insulin
Pod Shut-O Alert
→
Pod Shut-O
You can prevent these hazard alarms by responding to their advisory alarm in a
timely manner.
Note: As an extra alert, a Pod Expiration ( ) reminder notication occurs
before the Pod Expired advisory alarm.
Timing of alarms originating in the Pod
If the Pod is sounding a hazard alarm, the Pod broadcasts a signal to your
Omnipod 5 app.
• If your Omnipod 5 app is in range and awake, within 25 seconds of the Pod's
initial alarm sound, your Omnipod 5 app also sounds an alarm and displays
the alarm message.
• If your Omnipod 5 app is in range but asleep, the Pod cannot wake it up. Your
Omnipod 5 app nds out about the Pod alarm when it does a 'sleeping status
check.' In this case, there could be a delay of up to six minutes between when
the Pod sounds the alarm and when your Omnipod 5 app sounds the alarm.
• If your Omnipod 5 app is out of range of the Pod, your Omnipod 5 app
cannot receive any communication from the Pod. erefore, if you hear a
Pod alarm or notication, bring your Omnipod 5 app in range of the Pod
and wake up your Omnipod 5 app. Within 25 seconds, your Omnipod 5 app
sounds the alarm and displays the alarm message.
Trouble-
shooting
Effective Date: 22DEC2020, PCO-000267