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Glossary
A
Accept - Pressing the ACT button to approve the
selection or setting.
Active Insulin -Bolus insulin that has been delivered
to your body, but has not yet been used.
Alarm -Audible or vibrating (silent) notice that indi-
cates the pump is in Attention mode and immediate
attention is required. Alarms are prefixed in the alarm
history with the letter A.
Alarm clock- Feature you can set to go off at speci-
fied times of the day.
ALARM HISTORY- Screen that displays the last
twelve alarms/errors that have occurred on your
pump.
Alert-Audible or vibrating (silent) indicator that noti-
fies you the pump needs attention soon or that you
should be reminded of something. Insulin delivery
continues as programmed.
Attention mode - Operating mode that stops all cur-
rent insulin delivery. This mode indicates an alarm or
condition exists that requires immediate attention.
B
Backlight - Pump screen light. Turns on whenever the
down button is pressed from the HOME screen,
or during an alarm (except LOW BATT).
Basal Rate - The pump setting that provides a con-
tinuous infusion of insulin to keep the blood glucose
stable between meals and during the night. Basal
insulin mimics pancreatic insulin delivery --which
meets all the body’s non-food related insulin needs.
BASAL REVIEW - Screen that shows a record of
your daily basal insulin delivery for the past 14 days.
BG - Blood Glucose
BG reminder - Feature that you can set to remind you
to check your blood glucose after a bolus.
BG target - normal blood glucose level
BG unit - blood glucose unit of measure (mg/dl or
mmol/L)
Block -Feature that restricts access to all programming
except suspend, selftest and the delivery of a bolus
with the remote control.
Bolus - A dose of insulin given to cover an expected
rise in blood glucose (such as the rise after a meal) or
to lower a high blood glucose down to target range.
BOLUS HISTORY - This screen displays the last
twenty-four (24) boluses delivered by your pump.
Bolus Wizard - Feature that calculates the bolus
amount based on personal information of the pump
user.
C
Carb ratio- (Carbohydrate ratio)
Used when counting carbohydrates in grams. The
amount of carbohydrates covered by one unit of insu-
lin. (Also see exch ratio.)
Carb units -The food entry when using the Bolus
Wizard. Entered as (carbohydrate) grams or
exchanges.
CH - Carbohydrate
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