User Manual

Living with Diabetes
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Minimize airport security delays
Wit
h changing airport security checks and screening proce-
dures, you may have questions on how this impacts
traveling with your diabetes supplies. Below you will find
more information on prepping for travel and what you can
expect when going through security checkpoints.
Travel Preparation
• Review theTSA's website for travel updates
• Pack extra supplies and hypoglycemia treatments
• Carry contact information for your physician
• Arrive at the airport 2-3 hours prior to your flight
To ensure airport security checks run smoothly, be sure you have
the following items easily accessible:
• All diabetes supplies in your carry-on luggage
• A signed letter from your healthcare provider explaining
you need to carry insulin supplies and OmniPod equip-
ment
• Prescriptions for all medications and supplies with origi-
nal prescription labels
Screening Procedures
The TSA offers the option of requesting a visual inspection of
your medical supplies rather than putting them through the X-
ray. This must be requested before the screening process begins.
Your medical supplies should be ready in a separate bag when
you approach the Security Officer.
In order to prevent contamination or damage to your supplies,
the TSA states that you should be asked at the security
checkpoint to display, handle, and repack your own supplies
during the visual inspection process. Any medication and/or
associated supplies that cannot be cleared visually must be sub-
mitted for X-ray screening.
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If you're concerned or uncomfortable about going through the
walk-through metal detector, the TSA states that you should
notify the Security Officer that you're wearing a pump and would
like a full-body pat-down and a visual inspection of your pump
instead. You should also advise the Security Officer that the insu-
lin pump cannot be removed because it is inserted with a
catheter (needle) under the skin.
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Visit the TSA's Contact Center if you have any further questions or
concerns.
If the security detector goes off, tell the security screener that you
have diabetes and wear an insulin Pod (pump).
Pods and PDMs can safely pass through airport X-ray
machines (see the FCC notice in the Appendix).