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
Getting Started
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6. Choose a tem
porary basal feature, then press Next. Choose
% to show temporary basal rates as a percent increase or
decrease of your current basal rate. Choose U/hr to show
temporary basal rates in units per hour. Or choose Off to turn
off the temporary basal feature. For details about setting tem-
porary basals, see Chapter 3, Understanding and Adjusting
Basal Rates.
Enter blood glucose sound setting and BG goal
1. To set the sound for the blood glucose meter, choose On or
Off, then press Next.
2. Use the Up/Down Controller buttons to enter the lower
limit for your blood glucose (BG) goal, then press Next.
3. Enter the upper limit for your BG goal, then press Next.
4. Press Save to accept the BG goal.
Set the suggested bolus calculator
1. To set the suggested bolus calculator feature, choose On or
Off, then press Next.
Enter target blood glucose value
1. Use the Up/Down Controller button to enter a target blood
glucose (BG) value, then press Next.
2. Use the Up/Down Controller buttons to enter the “correct
above” value or correction threshold (the BG value above
which you want the PDM to suggest a correction bolus), then
press Next.
3. To save the target BG value, press Done. To change these set-
tings, select the segment you wish to change and press Edit.
You can define up to 8 target BG time segments. To enter
additional segments, choose [add new], then:
a. Press New.
You can add up to 7 basal programs and set 24
segments per program.
The lower and upper BG limits are only used when
viewing BG History (see Chapter 8, Understanding
Your Records).
Check with your healthcare provider before adjust-
ing these settings.
If the suggested bolus calculator is set to On, perform
the following steps. If set to Off, you will be prompted
to “Select bolus increment” and “Enter maximum
bolus.”
If the suggested bolus calculator is On, a correction
bolus will be suggested only when your BG is above
the value shown in brackets on the screen.