3 Changing your Pod
9. Remove the needle from the vial.
Fill, pair and apply the Pod
Warning: Before filling a Pod, ensure that no other Pods are being activated
within 1.5 metres (5 feet) of your PDM.
Caution: Be sure to insert the fill syringe into the fill port and not any other
location on the Pod. Do not insert the fill syringe more than once into the fill port.
Only use the fill syringe and needle that came with your Pod. The fill syringe is
intended for single use only and should only be used with the Omnipod DASH™
System.
Fill the Pod with insulin
To fill the Pod with insulin (screen step
1. Locate the arrow on the underside of the Pod. The arrow points to the insulin
fill port.
Tip: You can leave the Pod in its tray
during filling and pairing.
2. Insert the fill syringe straight down –
not at an angle – into the fill port.
3. Depress the fill syringe plunger to
transfer the insulin into the Pod.
4. Listen for two beeps from the Pod
during the filling process. Be sure to
completely empty the fill syringe, even
after hearing the two beeps.
Note: The Pod must contain a minimum
of 85 units of insulin in order to function.
The Pod beeps twice after it has been filled
with 85 units of insulin. If you have filled
the Pod with more than 85 units and still
do not hear the two beeps, please call
Customer Care.
Note: After filling the Pod, continue to the next step immediately. If two hours
pass before pairing the filled Pod to the PDM, the Pod becomes unusable.
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Effective Date: 18OCT2020, PCO-000235