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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• Seven (7) MiniMed MMT-4102 refill needles. (Extra needles
should be available to use as needed)
• Eight (8) sharp 18 gauge regular bevel needles
Solutions
• 50 mL’s sterile 0.1 M NaOH (0.4 grams NaOH per 100 ml of
Sterile water for injection)
• Seven (7) 10 ml vials, Aventis rinse buffer solution
• Five (5) 10 ml vials, Aventis HOE 21 PH, U-400 Insulin
The 0.1 M of NaOH used in this proce-
dure can cause permanent eye dam-
age. Safety glasses must be worn
during this procedure.
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