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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11. Slide switch 6 to its left position to start the paper. Fast forward the
paper as necessary using switch 8.
12. Place the refill needle in the side port.
13. Program a bolus (5 units) and open both stopcocks. (The 3-way stop-
cock is opened between the filter and needle and the syringe is
closed.) Maintain the needle in the side port without movement dur-
ing the entire bolus and observe the curve for the duration of the bolus
and for 10 minutes after the bolus. If leakage is suspected, the 3-way
stopcock may be turned so that the filter is off. If the pressure curve
flattens, all of the connections between the transducer and the stop-
cock are leak tight.
Figure 22: Normal Pressure Curve Example
A flush of the Catheter tip can be performed at this time. (See Appendix
F, Side Port Catheter Rinse Procedure). A repeat pressure tracing should
be made subsequent to the flush. Place system in Suspend Mode by press-
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