Insulet Omnipod Dash - Responding to Alarms

Alarms, Notications, Communication Errors 10
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10 Alarms, Notications, Communication Errors
Hazard Alarm List
Hazard alarms make you aware of serious situations. Always respond to a hazard
alarm immediately. Some alarm messages give you a unique number called a
reference number. Give that number to Customer Care when you call about that
alarm.
e individual hazard alarms are summarised here.
Pod Expired – the Pod has reached the end of its operating life and insulin
delivery has stopped. Both the Pod and PDM sound the alarm.
Message: Pod expired. Insulin delivery stopped. Change Pod now.
What to do: Tap OK, DEACTIVATE POD NOW. Change your Pod. Check your
blood glucose.
Empty Reservoir – the Pod’s insulin reservoir is empty and insulin delivery
has stopped. Both the Pod and PDM sound the alarm.
Message: Empty Reservoir. Insulin delivery stopped. Change Pod now.
What to do: Tap OK, DEACTIVATE POD NOW. Change your Pod. Check your
blood glucose.
Auto-O – the Pod has stopped delivering insulin because you did not
respond to the Auto-o advisory alarm. Both the Pod and PDM sound the
alarm. To change the Auto-o setting, see “Pod Auto-o” on page 99. For more
information about how Auto-o works, see “Auto-o” on page 136.
Message: Auto-o. Insulin delivery stopped. Your PDM and Pod have not
communicated in the last <amount of time>. To resume insulin delivery,
change your Pod.
What to do: Tap OK, DEACTIVATE POD NOW. Change your Pod. Check your
blood glucose.
Occlusion – the Pod’s cannula is blocked, which has stopped insulin delivery.
Both the Pod and PDM sound the alarm.
Message: Occlusion detected. Insulin delivery stopped. Change Pod now.
Check your BG.
What to do: Tap OK, DEACTIVATE POD NOW. Change your Pod. Check your
blood glucose.
Pod error – the Pod detects an unexpected error. Both the Pod and PDM
sound the alarm.
Message: Pod error. Insulin delivery stopped. Change Pod now.
Effective Date: 27SEP2019, ECO-000240