User's Manual

Pump refill procedure
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Prepare for pump refill
NOTE: Before beginning any refill, rinse, flush, or pressure
measurement procedure, carefully read Appendix D,
Precautions and General Procedures.
Never push on the refill syringe plunger to fill the
Pump. When the refill needle is properly seated in
the Pump fill port, the vacuum in the Pump reser-
voir will draw the insulin from the syringe into
the reservoir.
To prepare for emptying and refilling the Pump, perform the following steps:
• Use the “HISTORY” feature of the PPC to determine the amount of insulin
medication remaining in the Pump. Make sure that ACT is pressed on the
“READ PUMP DATA” screen to update PPC history from the Pump.
Record this value on the refill worksheet (Appendix C).
• Prepare a sterile field. The physician should scrub, mask and glove for the
refill procedure. Refilling the Pump is an aseptic procedure.
• (See Appendix D, Precautions and General Procedures.)
• Aseptic skin preparation of the patient’s Pump refill site should be
performed using your institution’s standard operating procedures.
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