OmniPod 5 - Pause Insulin Delivery; Pausing Insulin Delivery

Pausing and Starting Insulin Delivery 9
112
9 Pausing and Starting Insulin Delivery
9.1. Pausing Insulin Delivery
Caution: ALWAYS tap START INSULIN to start insulin delivery aer a
pause period has ended during Manual Mode use. Insulin delivery does not
automatically start aer a pause. If you do not start insulin delivery, you could
develop hyperglycaemia.
Sometimes you may need to pause insulin delivery briey. For example, you must
pause insulin delivery prior to editing a Basal Programme in progress or changing
the time zone. e Omnipod 5 System lets you pause all insulin delivery for up to
two hours.
For the dierence between pausing insulin delivery using the pause feature vs
using the temp basal feature, see “9.2. Methods to Temporarily Pause Insulin
Delivery in Manual Mode” on page 113.
Before you begin, do the following:
¾ You must be in Manual Mode to pause insulin. If you are currently using
Automated Mode, see “22.2. Switching from Automated Mode to Manual
Mode” on page 276.
Pause insulin delivery
To pause insulin delivery:
1. Navigate to:
Menu button (
) > Pause Insulin
2. Tap the Pause Insulin eld. Scroll to
specify how long to pause insulin. e
paused time can last 0.5 hours, 1 hour,
1.5 hours or 2 hours.
3. Tap PAUSE.
4. Tap YES to conrm that you want to
pause all insulin delivery.
All basal insulin delivery is paused.
e Home screen displays a yellow banner
stating that “Insulin delivery is paused”.
Note: e Pod beeps every 15 minutes
throughout the pause period. At the end of
the pause period, insulin delivery does not
automatically start. e Pod and Omnipod 5
App notify you every minute for 3 minutes,
and repeat this notication every 15 minutes
until you have started insulin delivery.