Traveling with an Insulin Pump
Insulin Pumps and Glucose Monitors
Please notify the TSA officer that you have diabetes and are carrying your supplies with you. Insulin pumps and supplies must be accompanied by insulin, ...
Traveling with an Insulin Pump - Medtronic Diabetes
Review our general travel tips, see how to update the time on your device, and read through our travel checklist just to make sure you have everything you need.
Travel Tip: Traveling with Diabetes
If you have an insulin pump, glucose monitor or other medical device attached to your body, inform the officers where it is located before ...
Get Through TSA With Diabetes Devices & Supplies | Medtronic
You may go through an airport metal detector with your insulin pump and CGM, as these devices are designed to withstand common electromagnetic ...
Guidelines for Travel - Diabetes - UCLA Health
You can continue to wear your insulin pump and/or continuous glucose monitor (CGM) while going through common security systems such as an airport metal detector ...
What Can I Bring With Me on the Plane
Yes. TSA specifically states that diabetes-related supplies, equipment and medications, including liquids, are allowed through the checkpoint once they have ...
Traveling with diabetes: Tips for packing, snacking, monitoring, and ...
If you're flying, keep medications in the original packaging. Your continuous glucose monitor or insulin pump can be damaged if it goes through an X-ray machine ...
Diabetes Treatment - Travel - Medtronic
If you have technical issues with your Medtronic insulin pump or continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, call our 24-hour hotline: 1-800-284-4416. TRAVEL ...
TSA specifically states that passengers are permitted to board airplanes with insulin, syringes, insulin pumps, liquids “includ[ing] “water, juice, or liquid ...
Airport Security. Do not put the insulin pump onto the bag security conveyer belt (in the trays that go through the scanner).The insulin pump can go through ...
What Special Concerns May Arise | American Diabetes Association
TSA's policy on insulin pumps is : If a passenger uses an insulin pump, he or she can be screened without disconnecting from the pump. However, it is ...
Tips for Traveling With Diabetes - CDC
Heat can also damage your blood sugar monitor, insulin pump, and testing strips. Keep your medicines and testing supplies in a cooler with a gel ...
Under Pressure: Flying With Diabetes - diaTribe
New research conducted using Europe's largest hypobaric chamber shows insulin pumps can under- or over-deliver about half a unit on takeoff and landing.
Traveling & Pump Therapy - Diabetes Education Online - UCSF
Traveling with diabetes means careful planning. Take extra supplies! Remember to bring a "backup" pump, syringes and a bottle of long-acting insulin.
Traveling with an insulin pump from Tandem Diabetes Care – Support
Traveling with an insulin pump from Tandem Diabetes Care · Metal detector: YES. Ok for Tandem Pumps. · Baggage X-ray machines: NO. Notify the security agent ...
Changes in Altitude Cause Unintended Insulin Delivery From Insulin ...
As airplanes ascend, ambient pressure decreases and air comes out of solution, forming bubbles. The bubbles displace insulin in a pump, causing excess delivery.
Top tips for travelling with an insulin pump and continuous glucose ...
Preparing for travel when you are wearing a device calls for some advanced planning. Before flying, Boarding, In the air, Bon voyage and have a wonderful trip.
Travelling with diabetes and an insulin pump | CUH
This leaflet is for children and young people with type 1 diabetes and their parents/carers. Its aim is to give practical tips on how to manage diabetes when ...
Travel Support | Medtronic Diabetes Canada
You can continue to wear your insulin pump or CGM system while going through common security systems such as an airport metal detector as it will not harm the ...
Metal detectors are safe, but insulin pumps and CGM transmitters can be damaged by x-rays in security equipment. Ask airport security staff to physically check ...