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Chapter 9 – Temporary Basal Rate
9.1 Setting a Temp Rate
A Temp Rate is used to increase or
decrease (by percentage) the current
basal rate for a period of time. This fea-
ture can be helpful for situations such
as exercise or illness.
When you enter the Temp Rate screen,
the default values are 100% (current
basal rate) and a Duration of 0:15
min. The Temp Rate can be set from a
minimum of 0% of current basal rate to
a maximum of 250% of current basal
rate in increments of 1%.
Duration can be set from a minimum of
15 minutes to a maximum of 72 hours
in increments of 1 minute.
If you program a Temp Rate greater
than 0% but less than the minimum
allowable basal rate of 0.1 units/hr, you
will be notified that the selected rate
is too low and that it will be set to the
minimum allowable rate for delivery.
If you program a Temp Rate more than
the maximum allowable basal rate of
15 units/hr, you will be notified that the
selected rate is too high and that it will
NOTE
If a Temp Rate is active, the status of
insulin delivery displays an orange “T”. If
a Temp Rate of 0% is active, the status of
insulin delivery displays a red “T”.
8. The Screen Lock screen will be
displayed with the icon indicating
a Temp Rate is active.
be set to the maximum allowable rate
for delivery.
1. From the Home Screen,
tap
OPTIONS .
2. Tap Temp Rate .
3. Tap Temp Rate .
4. Using the onscreen keypad enter
desired percentage. Tap
DONE .
NOTE
Current rate is 100%. An increase is
greater than 100% and decrease is less
than 100%.
5. Tap Duration . Using the onscreen
keypad enter desired length of
time for Temp Rate. Tap
DONE .
NOTE
To see the actual units to be delivered tap
View Units.
6. Verify settings and tap START .
7. The “TEMP RATE STARTED”
splash screen is displayed.