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
Special note and precautions
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Venting the Minimed refill syringe (optional)
In order to fill the Pump, it may be necessary to vent the headspace in the
MiniMed refill syringe. Refill syringes do not have lubricant on the
syringe housing or on the plunger tip. Some syringes may be “sticky” and
require the venting procedure described below to assist the vacuum in the
Pump to overcome this condition.
To vent, hold the syringe with the refill needle pointing down. Vent the
syringe headspace by pulling back firmly on the plunger until the second
sealing ring on the rubber cap passes beyond the vent hole as shown in
Figure 18.
Figure 18: Venting the Refill Syringe
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