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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• One (1) MiniMed MMT-4102 refill needle. (Extra needles should
be available to use as needed)
• One (1) sterile stopcock - 3 way
Solutions
• One (1) 10 mL vial, Aventis rinse buffer solution
Preparing for the Procedure
NOTE: Before beginning any refill, flush, stroke volume
measurement, carefully read Appendix D, Precau-
tions and General Procedures, and keep this in
mind as you perform each procedure.
Record Patient’s Blood Glucose
Record the patient’s blood glucose value at the start of the procedure.
Monitor blood glucose every 30 minutes, or as needed.
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