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
Your New OmniPod Insulin Management System
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1
Status support screen
Fro
m the Status screen, press the User Info/Support button to
see details about the current insulin on board (IOB) in your
body (Figure 1-5). See page 30, for additional information
describing insulin on board (IOB).
Home screen
Lists all the major menus (Figure 1-6).
• Bolus menu to deliver bolus doses
• More actions menu to change the Pod, manually enter
blood glucose readings, and assign and edit tags for BG read-
ings that are less than 2 hours old.
• Temp basal menu to deliver temporary basal rates (This
submenu does not appear if temp basal is turned Off in
Settings.)
• My records menu to review insulin delivery, blood glucose
history, alarm history, carb history, and personal user informa-
tion
• Settings menu to edit, enter, and name basal programs,
temp basal, carbohydrate and bolus presets, and to custom-
ize System settings
• Suspend menu to suspend, cancel, or resume insulin
delivery programs
If a Pod has not yet been activated (during Pod changes),
the screen displays “No active Pod. Would you like to acti-
vate a Pod now?” (See Chapter 5, Using the Pod, for details
on activating a Pod.)
Figure 1-5
Figure 1-6
You can go to the Status screen at any time by
pressing Status from the Home screen.