Clinical tools · Diabetes
Insulin Pump Starting Prescription
Enter current weight and total daily dose. Starting pump settings update as you type.
For clinicians only. This tool is for setting up a supervised insulin pump start. It is not for patients to change their own pump settings; if you use a pump, talk to your diabetes team before changing anything.
kg
units/day
TDD reduced by 25%TDD × 0.75
units/day
Weight-based TDD0.5 units/kg
units/day
Starting pump TDDAverage of reduced TDD and weight-based TDD
units/day
Total daily basalPump TDD × 0.5
units/day
Hourly basal rateTotal basal ÷ 24
units/hr
Correction factor100 ÷ pump TDD
mmol/L per unit
Carbohydrate ratio450 ÷ pump TDD
g per unit
Intermediate values are calculated unrounded; only the display is rounded.
Starting estimates only. Adjust to clinical context and confirm with basal and bolus testing.