Methods To Temporarily Stop Insulin Delivery - Insulet Omnipod Dash User Manual

Understanding PDM and Pod Function 12

Methods to temporarily stop insulin delivery

There may be times when you want to stop all insulin delivery, or at least all basal
insulin delivery, for a period of time. If you do not want to deactivate your current
Pod, you can request a temporary halt of insulin delivery as follows:
• Suspend insulin delivery:
Menu icon (
• Set a temp basal to turn off insulin delivery:
Menu icon (
The following table compares these options for pausing insulin delivery.
Effect on basal and
bolus insulin delivery
Minimum duration
for stopping insulin
Maximum duration
for stopping insulin
Insulin delivery
resumes automatically
Screen display at end
of specified duration
Beeps while insulin is
stopped
Beeps at end of a
specified duration
Must be used when
How to cancel
) > Suspend Insulin.
) > Set Temp Basal. Then select 100% decrease or 0 U/hr.
Suspend insulin
No basal delivery
No bolus delivery
30 min
2 hrs
No
"Resume insulin. The insulin
suspension period has
ended."
Every 15 min
Every 15 min until
you tap Resume
Editing an active Basal Program
Changing the time or date
Testing alarm and vibrate feature
Menu icon (
Resume Insulin
Temp basal of 0 U/hr
No basal delivery
Boluses allowed
30 min
12 hrs
Yes
Middle tab of Home
screen titled "Basal"
(not "Temp Basal")
At beginning and
every 60 min
One beep, then insulin
resumes automatically
Use is never required
Home: Temp Basal tab >
) >
CANCEL
Effective Date: 27SEP2019, ECO-000240
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