User's Manual

Understanding and Adjusting Basal Rates
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join a summer soccer league. For women, a monthly hormonal
change that affects blood glucose is an example of predictable
change. To easily handle predictable, short-term changes, you
can “preset” a temporary basal rate, so it is ready whenever you
need it. The PDM can remember up to 7 temporary basal presets.
You can set a temporary basal rate for a duration of 30 minutes to
12 hours. Once the time limit is reached, the PDM returns to the
active basal program.
When using units per hour, the OmniPod System allows you to
set temporary basal rates from 0.0 U/hr, up to your max basal
rate. When using percent rate, you can set temporary basal rates
from -100% to +95% of your active rate, as long as the temporary
rate is less than or equal to your max basal rate.
See the sections below on creating, enabling, canceling, and
changing temporary basal presets.
Enable a one-time temporary basal rate
1. On the Home screen, use the Up/Down Controller buttons
to choose Temp basal; then press Select.
2. If you have created temp basal presets, choose [enter manu-
ally] from the list, then press Select.
If you have not created any temp basal presets, the PDM skips
this step.
3. Enter the temporary basal rate in either units per hour (Figure
3-11) or percent change (Figure 3-12), depending on how
you chose to show the rates; then press Enter.
4. Enter the duration for the temporary rate, then press Enter.
5. Press Confirm to start the temporary basal rate shown on the
screen. The Pod beeps to indicate that the temporary basal
rate is running.
During initial setup, you and your healthcare provider
either turned Off temporary basal rates or chose to
show the rates as % or U/hr. To change this setting, see
Chapter 6, Using the Personal Diabetes Manager.
Figure 3-11 Figure 3-12