Changing Your Pod; Beginning The Pod Change Process - OmniPod DASH User Manual

CHAPTER 3

Changing Your Pod

Beginning the Pod Change Process

Changing your Pod consists of deactivating your current Pod and activating a new
Pod.
Your Pod should be changed at least once every 48 to 72 hours (2 to 3 days) or after
delivering 200 units of insulin. Consult with your healthcare provider and refer to
the insulin labeling to determine if you should change your Pod more often.
Warnings:
Do NOT use a Pod if you are sensitive to or have allergies to acrylic adhesives,
or have fragile or easily damaged skin.
Because the Pod uses only rapid-acting U-100 insulin, you are at increased
risk for developing hyperglycemia if insulin delivery is interrupted. Severe
hyperglycemia can quickly lead to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). DKA can
cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, breathing
difficulties, shock, coma, or death. If insulin delivery is interrupted for any
reason, you may need to replace the missing insulin. Ask your healthcare
provider for instructions for handling interrupted insulin delivery, which
may include an injection of rapid-acting insulin.
The Pod and its accessories, including the needle cap, contain small parts that
may be dangerous if swallowed. Be careful to keep these small parts away
from young children.
The steps for deactivating or activating a Pod depend on whether you have an
active Pod or not:
• If this is your first time activating a Pod, go to "First Time Activating a Pod" on
page 38.
• If you currently have an active Pod, go to "Deactivate an Active Pod" on page
38.
• If you have already deactivated your most recent Pod, go to "No Active Pod"
on page 39.
Tip: Software updates require that you deactivate your Pod. Connect to Wi-Fi
periodically so the PDM can check for software updates. If there is a "Wireless
Update" message on the Lock screen, be sure to install the software update after you
deactivate your Pod (see "Software update (Wireless update)" on page 106).
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