OmniPod 5 - Controller Alarm; Silencing Unresolved Alarms

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Alarms, Action and Reminder Notications 1313 Alarms, Action and Reminder Notications
13.9. Silencing Unresolved Alarms
You can silence the Pod or Omnipod 5 App alarms by acknowledging the alarm
screen displayed on your Omnipod 5 App. If the alarm continues, follow the
directions in this section.
Pod Alarm
Caution: Permanently silencing a Pod alarm requires the Pod to be removed
from your body. Once removed and discarded, promptly activate a new Pod to
avoid going too long without insulin, which could lead to hyperglycaemia.
To permanently silence a Pod alarm:
1. If the Pod is on your body, remove it.
2. Peel back a little bit of the adhesive
pad from the bottom of the Pod at the
square end (see gure).
3. Locate the alarm Shutdown port to
the right of the gold circle. e alarm
Shutdown port can be felt with a
ngernail or paper clip as so plastic.
4. Firmly press a paper clip or similar
item straight down into the alarm
Shutdown port. You need to apply
enough force to break a thin layer of
plastic. If an alarm is sounding, the alarm will stop.
Controller Alarm
If a Controller alarm is not silenced when you acknowledge the alarm:
1. Press and hold the Power button, then tap Power o.
2. Press and hold the Power button to turn the Controller back on.
is action silences the Controller's alarm. Your history records and personal
settings are preserved. However, you may have to conrm the time zone.
Fill port
Gold circle
Alarm Shutdown
port
Press down rmly.