User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Your New OmniPod Insulin Management System
- Getting Started
- The OmniPod Starter Kit
- Set Up the Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM)
- The Setup Wizard
- Enter your PDM ID
- Select the ID screen color
- Set date and time
- Enter basal settings
- Enter blood glucose sound setting and BG goal
- Set the suggested bolus calculator
- Enter target blood glucose value
- Enter minimum BG allowed for use in bolus calculation
- Enter insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio
- Enter correction factor
- Set reverse correction
- Enter the duration of insulin action
- Select bolus increment and enter maximum bolus
- Set extended bolus doses
- Set low reservoir advisory
- Set expiration notification
- Understanding and Adjusting Basal Rates
- Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
- Using the Personal Diabetes Manager
- Checking Your Blood Glucose
- The Built-in FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Meter
- The FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Test Strips
- The FreeStyle® Control Solution
- Performing a Control Solution Test
- Performing a Blood Glucose Reading
- Blood Glucose Results and the Suggested Bolus Calculator
- Entering Blood Glucose Readings Manually
- Editing Tags
- Low and High Blood Glucose Readings
- Important Health-Related Information
- Understanding Your Records
- Living with Diabetes
- Alerts and Alarms
- Communication Failures
- Appendix
- Pod Care and Maintenance
- Personal Diabetes Manager Care and Maintenance
- Storage and Supplies
- Suggested Bolus Calculator Examples and Guidelines
- OmniPod System Options and Settings
- Pod Specifications
- Accuracy Test Results
- Personal Diabetes Manager Specifications
- Blood Glucose Meter Specifications
- OmniPod System Label Symbols
- Personal Diabetes Manager Icons
- OmniPod System Notice Concerning Interference
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Customer Bill of Rights
- Limited Warranty for the Personal Diabetes Manager
- HIPAA Privacy Notice
- Glossary
- Index
Alerts and Alarms
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If you ever need to return the PDM for repair or
rep
lacement, contact your healthcare provider
for instructions on going back to treatment by
injections.
Use the form at the end of this User Guide to write
down all your settings from the Setup Wizard. If you
ever need to reset your PDM, having these settings
handy will make setup very easy.
Alarm Type Source Beep Pattern Action
End of insulin suspend.
Press OK to resume basal
rate delivery.
Advisory
Alarm
Pod
and
PDM
2 sets of beeps every minute for 3
minutes.
Repeats every 15 minutes until
insulin delivery is resumed.
Press OK to resume insulin delivery at
programmed basal rate.
Auto-off alert Advisory
Alarm
Pod
and
PDM
2 sets of beeps every minute for 15
minutes.
Escalates to Auto-off hazard alarm
if not acknowledged within 15
minutes.
Press OK to acknowledge.
Insulin delivery will not resume
until you press OK. If you do not
press OK to resume insulin deli-
very, you could develop hyper-
glycemia (high blood glucose).
The Auto-off alert will escalate to
a hazard alarm if ignored and
will result in the deactivation of
your active Pod. Be sure to
respond to the alert when it
occurs.