Daylight Savings Time: Updating your insulin pump

Daylight Savings Time: Updating your insulin pump

Tomorrow at 2am it’s Daylight Savings Time. Not only does that mean losing an hour of sleep, but you also don’t want to forget to update your insulin pump settings! Your personal settings, like basal and bolus rates, are determined by the time, so being even an hour off could affect your blood sugar levels. 

The below update will work on the following MiniMed devices: MiniMed 530G system, MiniMed Paradigm REAL-Time Revel, 522/722, 515/715, 512/712, and the Guardian REAL-Time CGM system. 

1. Go to the TIME/DATE SETUP Screen HOME Screen > MAIN MENU > UTILITIES > Time/Date 

2. Select 12 Hour Setup or 24 Hour Setup and press ACT

3. Press ACT again to change the settings. 

4. Change each of the settings as follows: 

a. Change the hour. Press ACT. For 12-hour setups, press the UP or DOWN arrows until the correct A       (am) or P (pm) appears. 

b. Change the minutes. Press ACT

c. Change the year. Press ACT

d. Change the month. Press ACT

e. Change the day. Press ACT

5. The TIME SET AT screen will show the settings that you programmed. After you’ve programmed the new time, always double check your settings (especially that the AM/PM setting is correct). 

6. Press ACT and exit the menus. 

Reminder: Make sure to synchronize all of the clocks on your computer, insulin pump, and blood glucose meter to maintain accurate times for the data you upload to CareLink. More information is available in our Service and Support section of our website. 

With the time change I hope you’re able to enjoy the sunlight just a little bit longer! Happy Spring!

 

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Submitted by Anna Gonzales (not verified) on

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I'm a diabetic, and would like to be on a pump.

Submitted by LOOP Blog Editorial on

In reply to by Anna Gonzales (not verified)

Hi Anna, thank you for your comment. I’ll have a member of my team reach out to you via the email address you provided to see how we might be able to help you with that.

Your pump does not have logical settings or how to get to them. Thank you for publishing this!

Thank you for sharing your feedback Douglas. I’ll be sure to share it with our development team. I’m glad to hear that this blog helped you!

Submitted by Mary Palmer (not verified) on

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Thank you for publishing. Had hoped to upgrade to the newest insulin pump model but was told I can not for another year due to warranty, frustrated by that as I really want the upgraded model.


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