Product Info Part 4
Table Of Contents
- APPENDIX D Precautions and General Procedures
- Special note and precautions
- General procedures
- Locating the pump fill port and the side port
- Venting the Minimed refill syringe (optional)
- APPENDIX E Pump Rinse Procedure
- Preparing for the procedure
- Remove insulin from the Pump and fill with NaOH
- Equilibrate and pull NaOH through system
- APPENDIX F Side Port Catheter Flush Procedure
- Supplies and solutions
- Preparing for the procedure
- Flushing the Side Port Catheter
- Program minimal basal rate
- Remove insulin and fill with rinse buffer
- Equilibrate and pull rinse buffer through system
- Flush side port catheter
- Remove rinse buffer and fill with insulin
- Equilibrate and pull insulin through system
- Remove guide needles and record refill amount
- Program new basal rate
- Remove rinse buffer from catheter
- APPENDIX G Stroke Volume Measurement
- Supplies and Solutions
- APPENDIX H Pressure Measurement Using The Side Port Catheter
- Supplies and solutions
- Measuring pressure in the side port
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APPENDIX G Stroke Volume Measurement
If under-delivery of insulin is noted in a refill procedure or suspected due
to blood glucose control, it may be useful to verify the proper stroke vol-
ume of the Pump by accessing the side port.
In this procedure, a pipette is attached to a stopcock and refill needle.
This system is inserted into the side port. The insulin pulses in the pipette
are measured to calculate the pump stroke volume.
Supplies and Solutions
Prior to performing this procedure, assemble the necessary supplies and
solutions as outlined below:
Supplies
• Local anesthesia
• Sharps container
• PPC
• Oral or IV glucose
• Glucose monitoring equipment
•Drapes
• 5 mL or 3 mL syringe
• One (1) sterile bag for PPC (intestinal or cassette bags work well)
• One (1) Side port locating template, MMT-4106
• One (1) sterile 100 microliter pipette
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