Users Manual Part 3
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9 Pausing and Starting Insulin Delivery
9.1. Pausing Insulin Delivery
Caution: ALWAYS tap START INSULIN to start insulin delivery aer a
pause period has ended during Manual Mode use. Insulin delivery does not
automatically start aer a pause. If you do not start insulin delivery, you could
develop hyperglycemia.
Sometimes you may need to pause insulin delivery briey. For example, you must
pause insulin delivery prior to editing a Basal Program in progress or changing the
time zone. e Omnipod 5 System lets you pause all insulin delivery for up to two
hours.
For the dierence between pausing insulin delivery using the pause feature or the
temp basal feature, see "9.2. Methods to Temporarily Pause Insulin Delivery in
Manual Mode" on page 121.
Before you begin, do the following:
¾ You must be in Manual Mode to pause insulin. If you are currently using
Automated Mode, see "22.2. Switching from Automated Mode to Manual
Mode" on page 300.
Pause insulin delivery
To pause insulin delivery:
1. Navigate to:
Menu button ( ) > Pause Insulin
2. Tap the Pause Insulin eld. Scroll to
specify how long to pause insulin. e
paused time can last 0.5 hour, 1 hour,
1.5 hours, or 2 hours.
3. Tap PAUSE.
4. Tap YES to conrm that you want to
pause all insulin delivery.
All basal insulin delivery is paused.
e Home screen displays a yellow banner
stating that "Insulin delivery is paused."
Note: e Pod beeps every 15 minutes
throughout the pause period. At the end of
the pause period, insulin delivery does not
automatically start. e Pod and Omnipod
5 App notify you every minute for 3
minutes, and repeat this notication every
15 minutes until you have started insulin delivery.