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📝 Add Pod priming and start delays to Omnipod FAQ page
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## What Are the Pod Priming and Start Delays?

- You have 2 hours after you fill the Pod with insulin to do a successful prime (this happens when you tap on `Pair Pod` on the Omnipod screen)
- You have 1 hour after the prime completes to insert the cannula

If you exceed these time limits, the pod becomes useless.


!!! info "Omnipod User Manual on Pod Start Delay"

page 85:
> **Note**: After filling the Pod, continue to the next step immediately.
> If two hours pass before activating the filled Pod, the Pod becomes unusable.

page 86:
> **Note**: After activating, the Pod beeps every 5 minutes until you apply it.
> If you do not apply it and do not begin insulin delivery within 60 minutes after activating, the Pod becomes unusable.

Window | Delay
--- | ---
Filling to Priming | 2 Hours
Priming to Canula Insertion | 1 Hour

Below is a *state diagram* that will give you a more **visual** representation.

```mermaid
stateDiagram-v2
state 2h_timeout_reached <<choice>>
state 1h_timeout_reached <<choice>>
filled: Pod Filled
primed: Pod Primed
inserted: Pod Canula Inserted
2h_window: 2-Hour Window
2h_timeout: Exceeded 2-Hour Limit?
1h_window: 1-Hour Window
1h_timeout: Exceeded 1-Hour Limit?
pod_useless: Pod is Useless
[*] --> filled
filled --> 2h_window
state 2h_window {
[*] --> 2h_timeout
}
2h_window --> 2h_timeout
2h_timeout --> 2h_timeout_reached
2h_timeout_reached --> pod_useless: Yes
2h_timeout_reached --> primed: No
primed --> 1h_window
state 1h_window {
[*] --> 1h_timeout
}
1h_timeout --> 1h_timeout_reached
1h_timeout_reached --> pod_useless: Yes
1h_timeout_reached --> inserted: No
inserted --> [*]
```

!!! tip "What to do if the Pod becomes useless?"
- Be sure to [break the sound card connection](#what-do-you-do-to-stop-a-screaming-pod) before discarding the Pod - it will scream after 80 hours, if not sooner.
- Be sure to move the old Pod far away before attempting to pair a new Pod.

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