Accu-Chek insulin pump - Manual (Page 37)

Your Basal Rate Profile
Your pump delivers insulin every 3 minutes, in 20 equal doses each hour,
24 hours a day. This flow of insulin, measured in international units per hour
(U/h), is called the basal rate and is calculated to meet your basic insulin needs.
An ACCU-CHEK Spirit insulin pump basal rate profile consists of up to 24
different hourly basal rates. Each hourly rate may be changed independently.
The total of all 24 hourly basal rates in one basal rate profile is called the
(daily) basal rate total.
Your basal rate profile should be reviewed:
• after any programming changes are made to your pump,
• after a new battery is inserted, and
• after confirming an error E7: ELECTRONIC ERROR.
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