How to use APIDRA with an external insulin infusion pump?
• Check with your healthcare provider or pharmacist to see if your pump and infusion set can be used with APIDRA. See the instruction manual of your specific pump on proper use of insulin in a pump. Call your healthcare provider if you have questions about using the pump. • Change the infusion set, reservoir with insulin, and injection site: • at least every 48 hours, change more often than every 48 hours if you have high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), or the pump alarm sounds. • if the insulin has been in temperatures over 98.6°F (37°C). Dark colored pump cases or sport covers can increase this type of heat. The location where the pump is worn may affect the temperature. If you get reactions at the injections infusion site you may need to change infusion sites more often. If your APIDRA infusion pump is not working the right way, follow these steps: • Use insulin from a new vial of APIDRA if infusion pump alarms do not respond to all of the following: • a repeat injection or bolus of AP
