Manual Part 2

Introduction
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Prepare for pump refill
NOTE: Before beginning any refill, rinse, flush, or pres-
sure measurement procedure, carefully read
Appendix D, Precautions and General Proce-
dures.
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 reservoir 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 work-
sheet (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 proce-
dures.
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