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DO NOT ignore broken or detached
sensor wires under your skin. If this
happens, please contact our 24/7 Tan-
dem Customer Technical Support at
(877) 801-6901. If a sensor wire breaks
off under your skin and you can't see it,
don't try to remove it. Contact your
healthcare provider. Also, seek profes-
sional medical help if you have symp-
toms of infection or inflammation—
redness, swelling or pain—at the inser-
tion site.
NEVER fill your tubing while your infu-
sion set is connected to your body.
Always ensure that the infusion set is
disconnected from your body before fill-
ing the tubing. Failure to disconnect
your infusion set from your body before
filling the tubing can result in over deliv-
ery of insulin. This can cause serious
injury or death from very low blood glu-
cose.
DO NOT reuse cartridges or use car-
tridges other than those manufactured
by Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. Use of
cartridges not manufactured by Tan-
dem Diabetes Care or reuse of car-
tridges may result in over delivery or
Customer Technical Support: (877) 801-6901
Chapter 2 – Important Safety Information
under delivery of insulin. This can cause
very low or very high blood glucose.
ALWAYS twist the tubing connector
between the cartridge tubing and the
infusion set tubing an extra quarter of a
turn to ensure a secure connection. A
loose connection can cause insulin to
leak, resulting in under delivery of insu-
lin. This can cause high blood glucose.
DO NOT disconnect the tubing con-
nector between the cartridge tubing
and the infusion set tubing. If the con-
nection comes loose, disconnect the
infusion set from your body before
tightening. Failure to disconnect before
tightening can result in over delivery of
insulin. This can cause low blood glu-
cose.
DO NOT remove or add insulin from a
filled cartridge after loading onto the
pump. This will result in an inaccurate
display of the insulin level on the Home
Screen and you could run out of insulin
before the pump detects an empty car-
tridge. This can cause very high blood
glucose, or Diabetic Ketoacidosis
(DKA).
DO NOT deliver a bolus until you have
reviewed the calculated bolus amount
on the pump display. If you dose an
insulin amount that is too high or too
low, this could cause very high or very
low blood glucose. You can always
adjust the insulin units up or down
before you decide to deliver your bolus.
DO NOT allow small children (either
pump users or non-users) to ingest
small parts, such as the rubber USB
port cover and cartridge components.
Small parts could pose a choking haz-
ard. If ingested or swallowed, these
small component pieces may cause
internal injury or infection.
The Insulin Pump includes parts (such
as the USB cable and infusion set tub-
ing) that could pose a strangulation or
asphyxiation hazard. ALWAYS use the
appropriate length of infusion set tubing
and arrange cables and tubing to mini-
mize the risk of strangulation. ENSURE
that these parts are stored in a secure
place when not in use.
For patients who do not self-manage
their disease, the Feature Lock function
should ALWAYS be ON when the
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