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GlossaryGlossary
Target BG: e blood glucose level that the Bolus Calculator tries to achieve.
You can dene dierent Target BGs for dierent time periods. For example, you
can have one Target BG before meals, a dierent one aer meals and yet another
at night.
Temp basal: A temporary basal rate that is used to cover predictable, short-term
changes in basal insulin need. Temp basals are oen used during exercise and for
sick-day insulin adjustments.
Temp basal preset: An adjustment in a basal rate, in either % or U/hr, that can be
assigned a custom name and stored by the PDM for later use.
Time segment (see segment)
Unconrmed bolus: Occurs when you select the DISCARD POD option
following a communication error during a bolus. In this case, the Pod was unable to
send a conrmation to the PDM about how much of a bolus was actually delivered.
Wireless communication: Transfer of information without a physical connection
between two devices. e PDM and Pod communicate over short distances using
radio waves, which is referred to as wireless communication.
Effective Date: 27SEP2019, ECO-000240
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