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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Prepare syringe for flushing the Side Port Catheter
During the Catheter flush procedure, syringe 4 is used for flushing the
Side Port Catheter. This syringe needs to be labeled and then prepared by
following the steps below:
1. Firmly attach a stopcock to the 10 or 20 ml Luer Lock connector of a
10 or 20 ml syringe. Then attach an 18 gauge needle to the stopcock.
NOTE: Use only a 10-20 ml Luer Lock syringe for this
procedure. Smaller syringes will damage the
Catheter or Pump.
2. Draw 5-10 mL of RINSE BUFFER into the syringe.
3. Expel all air from the syringe.
4. Close the stopcock and remove the 18 gauge needle from the syringe.
5. Fill the hub of the MiniMed refill needle with RINSE BUFFER from
the syringe and attach it to the syringe.
6. Prime the MiniMed refill needle completely.
7. Close the stopcock.
8. Set the syringe aside.
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