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Get this information from your healthcare professional, and, for best results, talk to your

healthcare professional before making any changes. Keep a record of your settings in the “Bolus

Wizard feature settings” table on this page and the next page.

Bolus Wizard feature settings

Information Setting

Carb units: _____ grams or ____ exchanges

Carb ratios:

Bolus Wizard feature uses this for your food bolus

calculations.

If you count carbs:

this ratio is the amount of carbohydrate grams covered by

one (1) unit of insulin.

range:3 – 150 grams/unit

If you count exchanges:

this ratio is the amount of insulin you need to cover one

(carb) exchange.

range:0.1 – 5.0 units/exchanges

NOTE - Your carb ratios may vary throughout the day.

Your pump allows you to program up to eight (8)

different carb ratios.

start time

#1: _________ (midnight)

#2: _________

#3: _________

(additional settings, if needed)

#4: _________

#5: _________

#6: _________

#7: _________

#8: _________

BG units: (how you measure your BG) _____ mg/dL or _____ mmol/L

Insulin sensitivity:

This ratio is used for your correction bolus calculations.

This ratio is the BG units reduced by 1.0 units of insulin.

range:10 – 400 mg/dL or 0.5 - 22.2 mmol/L

NOTE - Your insulin sensitivity may vary throughout the

day. Your pump allows you to program up to eight (8)

different insulin sensitivities.

BG units reduced /

1 unit of insulin