Advisory Alarm List - Insulet Omnipod Dash User Manual

10 Alarms, Notifications, Communication Errors

Advisory Alarm List

Advisory alarms inform you of a situation that needs your attention in the near
future.
Warnings:
Three advisory alarms (Pod expired, Low Reservoir and Auto-off) become
hazard alarms and result in a stoppage of insulin delivery if ignored. Be sure to
respond to all advisory alarms when they occur.
The individual advisory alarms are summarised here.
Pod Expired – your Pod will stop delivering insulin soon. This escalates to
the Pod Expired hazard alarm if ignored. Both the Pod and PDM may sound the
alarm.
Vibration/tone: Periodically, until acknowledged.
Message: Pod expired. Change Pod now.
What to do: Tap OK. Change your Pod.
Low Reservoir – the volume of insulin in the Pod Reservoir is below the
specified value. This escalates to the Empty Reservoir hazard alarm if ignored. To
change this value, see "Low reservoir level" on page 99. Both the Pod and PDM
may sound the alarm.
Vibration/tone: Once a minute for 3 minutes. Repeats every 60 minutes until
acknowledged.
Message: Low Reservoir.<x> U insulin or less remain in Pod. Change Pod
soon.
What to do: Tap OK. Change your Pod.
Auto-Off – you have not used your PDM in the Auto-off countdown period
that you specified. The Pod will stop delivering insulin soon if you do not respond
to this alarm. To enable or disable the Auto-off feature or to change the countdown
period, see "Pod Auto-off" on page 99. Both the Pod and PDM sound the alarm.
Vibration/tone: Once a minute for 15 minutes.
Message: Auto-off alert. Your PDM and Pod have not communicated in the
last <amount of time specified by you>.Tap OK to trigger a communication
between your PDM and Pod.
What to do: Tap OK to reset the Auto-off countdown timer to the beginning
of the countdown period.
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Effective Date: 27SEP2019, ECO-000240