Users Manual
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4 Setting Up Your Omnipod5 Application
Correction Factor
Your Correction Factor denes how much one unit of insulin lowers your blood
glucose level. For example, if your Correction Factor is 50, one unit of insulin
lowers your blood glucose by 50 mg/dL.
e Bolus Calculator uses the Correction Factor to calculate the correction
portion of a suggested bolus. You can create up to eight Correction Factor
segments per day.
¾ Tap NEXT on the Set Correction Factors description screen to move to the
segment screen.
Dene the segments
1. Tap the End Time eld and specify an
end time for the segment.
2. Tap the 1 Unit of insulin decreases
BG by eld and specify the Correction
Factor for this segment.
3. Review and tap NEXT.
4. Repeat the above steps as needed
until you have specied values for the
segment that ends at midnight.
5. Review the segments for the full 24
hour prole.
6. To change any of the entries:
a. Tap the row containing the entry to
be changed and enter the corrected
value.
b. Review and correct as needed any
remaining segments.
7. When the segments and values are
correct, tap SAVE.
Starting
Your
OmniPod 5
Effective Date: 22DEC2020, PCO-000267