At last week’s diabetes congress in Sydney, Accu-Chek announced that the tubeless Solo pump will be available in November once the government’s Prostheses List is next updated. The Prostheses List controls which pumps are available through private health insurance, and is only updated several times a year. I mentioned this in the ADC 2019 – Day …
More news from the 2019 Australasian Diabetes Congress. For those people who can use luer-lock infusion sets with their pump, new options should be on the Australian NDSS list as of September 1st, 2019. I wrote about the luer-lock options recently in the context of “Animas finally going away“. But now there’re two more options! As …
Animas is finally disappearing from Australia, and not only Vibe users will be affected. This article lists many important and urgent pieces of information for users of Animas Vibe, Tandem t:slim X2, and Accu-Chek Combo pumps. History In 2017 we heard that Animas was leaving the insulin pump market (being closed down by its parent …
Insulin pumps are designed to deliver boluses at a controlled rate. But what speed is right for you? If it infuses too quickly then (depending on your choice of cannula type and various physiological factors) you may feel discomfort. If it takes too long you can be left standing around waiting for it to complete. …
I’m sure other pump users are very used to the routine after you refill your insulin pump and connect a new line to it. Before you connect it to your body you need to flush the air out of the line and prime it with insulin. We start the prime operation on the pump, and …
There still seems to be some confusion in the community about whether the new Fiasp insulin should be used in a pump. Also confusion amongst the pump sales/support staff! The regulatory position is that while in the USA it is not approved for use in a pump, it is approved in both Australia and Europe. …