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
Using the Pod
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9. Depress the syringe plunger to completely empty the insulin
into the Pod. The Pod will beep, indicating that the System is
ready to proceed to the next step.
10. Remove the needle from the insulin fill port. The port is self-
sealing; insulin will not leak after the needle is removed.
11. Place the protective cap back on the needle and remove the
needle from the syringe
.
12. After you fill the Pod, it will beep twice. After hearing the
beeps, PDM and pod should be adjacent and touching,
either in or out of tray to ensure proper communication
during priming (Figure 5-7, on the next page). Press Next.
13. The Pod will only beep if you have filled it with at least 85 units
of insulin. If you have filled the Pod with more than 85 units
and still do not hear the 2 beeps, call Customer Care.
14. The System performs a series of safety checks and automati-
cally primes the Pod (Figure 5-8). Once complete, the PDM
beeps, letting you know that the priming and safety checks
were successful.
To ensure proper fill, do not insert the fill syringe
at an angle into the fill port.
Do not use any other type of needle or filling
device besides the syringe provided with each
Pod.
NEVER use a Pod if you hear a crackling noise or
feel resistance when you depress the plunger.
These conditions can result in interrupted insulin
delivery of insulin.
Do not insert the fill syringe into the fill port more
than once.
NEVER inject air into the fill port. Doing so may
result in unintended or interrupted insulin deliv-
ery.
The fill syringe is intended for single use only and
should be used only with the OmniPod System.
As a safety feature, the communication distance be-
tween the Pod and PDM is reduced during activation.
Once a Pod is primed and communicates with the
PDM, the full communication range is restored and
the Pod can receive commands only from that PDM.