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23Understanding Insulin Delivery and Calculations
23.3. About Manual Boluses
A manual bolus is a bolus that you have calculated without the help of the Bolus
Calculator. You can use manual boluses when the Bolus Calculator is temporarily
disabled or when you choose not to use the Bolus Calculator. Consult your
healthcare provider for instructions about how to calculate a bolus.
You can extend some or all of a manual bolus in Manual Mode.
23.4. The Bolus Calculator
Your Omnipod 5 app's Bolus Calculator can do a lot of the work of calculating a
bolus for you. e Bolus Calculator uses your personal settings and also takes into
account any insulin that remains (referred to as insulin on board or IOB) from
automated insulin delivery and from recent boluses.
Bolus Calculator boluses
When calculating a bolus, the Bolus Calculator considers a bolus to be made up of
the following two components:
• Correction bolus: Used to lower blood glucose when it gets too high.
• Meal bolus: Used to cover carbs in a meal.
Extended boluses
When using the Bolus Calculator, you can extend some or all of a meal bolus in
Manual Mode, but a correction bolus cannot be extended. A correction bolus is
always delivered rst. In the following example, three units of insulin are extended:
Total bolus = 5 units (1 unit correction bolus + 4 units meal bolus)
Deliver now = 2 units (1 unit correction + 1 unit meal bolus)
Extend = 3 units (3 units meal bolus)
Maximum Bolus
e Omnipod 5 app does not allow you to enter a bolus that is above your
Maximum Bolus setting. If the Bolus Calculator calculates a bolus amount greater
than your Maximum Bolus, you will only be able to deliver up to the Maximum
Bolus amount. To adjust it, tap the Total Bolus eld and enter a revised bolus.
Controlling the bolus amount
e Bolus Calculator is a useful tool, but you have the ultimate control over the
amount of a bolus to be delivered. Aer the Bolus Calculator suggests a bolus
amount, you can conrm the suggested bolus or increase or decrease it. Always
check the "calculations" to conrm the amount of insulin before it is delivered.
Additional
Information
Effective Date: 22DEC2020, PCO-000267