IV INSULIN & FLUID VIA ONE CANNULA

• Administer insulin and fluid infusions via the same cannula - See figure 1
• prevent inadvertent and dangerous administration of either insulin or glucose alone in the event of a blocked cannula
• Use a syringe pump for insulin
• Use a volumetric infusion pump for IV fluid
• to detect and prevent reverse flow of insulin into fluid-giving set in the event of restricted or occluded flow through the cannula
• on release of such a restriction, risk of inadvertent insulin bolus administration from the fluid giving set

Anti-Siphon Check Valve

• One-way valve that:
• prevents ‘reverse flow’
• with higher opening pressures to prevent inadvertent fluid flow caused by siphoning when tying into a higher flowing line

Insulin infusion

• Administer by a syringe pump via an infusion set with an anti-siphon valve
• to prevent inadvertent flow to patient from an unclamped or damaged syringe

IV fluids

• Run IV maintenance fluid via a volumetric pump to a Luer connector without a valve. See figure 1

Assembly

• See figure 1
• Drug infusion syringe to a line with an anti-siphon valve
• run infusion through line
• place syringe into syringe driver
• IV fluid to an administration set to a Luer connector without a valve
• run IV fluid through administration set
• place administration set in a volumetric pump
• Connect each into one of the double ends of a two-way needle-free extension set
• run IV fluid through extension set
• Connect the single end of the two-way needle-free extension set into the cannula