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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the plunger until it locks. Press the lock into the plunger groove to be
sure it is firmly secured.
11. Re-enter the Pump.
12. Open the stopcock and remove the INSULIN. After the fluid level
stops moving, wait an additional 30 seconds for all the INSULIN and
air to be removed.
13. When the time has elapsed, close the stopcock and remove the
syringe. Discard all but 5 ml of the solution. Remove the air and set
aside the syringe.
Syringe 6: Insulin
14. Weigh and record the combined weight of syringes 5 and 6 on the
refill form. Prime the needles.
15. Close the stopcock. Enter the Pump fill port with the refill needle.
16. Open the stopcock and allow the Pump to fill completely with INSU-
LIN. When the fluid level stops moving, the Pump is filled. Approxi-
mately 10 ml of INSULIN will remain in the syringe. Leave the
INSULIN in the syringe, and leave the syringe in place for the next
step.
Equilibrate and pull insulin through system
The reservoir pressure in the Pump is equilibrated with outside ambient
pressure and INSULIN is pulled through the fluid system. This procedure
uses the following volumes in syringes 5 and 6:
• Syringe 6 with residual INSULIN from the previous step
• Syringe 5 with 5 ml solution
Syringe 5: Solution
Syringe 6: Insulin (residual)
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