Exam 3 lecture 7 Flashcards
What are the two tyoes of insulin oens
Reusable
Disposable
T/F we can only use rapid actings in cartridges
True
What are some features the novopen echo has
It has a memory function (when the last dose was given/ how many units were given
Also dosed in half unit increments
What are some features of InPen
Smart pen with an app that you can put in CHO content and will tell you doses without us having to calculate CF
Max doses for InPEN and Novopen
30 units
What features for tempo
A prefilled insulin pen with smart button and diabetes management device. It can also be app driven
bigfoot unity systems features
Black cap is for long acting
White cap is for rapid acting
pairs with freestyle libre 2
1 box of ben needles has how many pens
100
Which gauge is thinner
higher gauge= thinner neede
common lengths of needles
4,5,6,8,12.5
Prime pens with 2 units except for when using
humlin R u 500
toujeo max u 300
toujeo solostar
how many units to prime for Humlin Ru 500 kwikpen
5 units
how many units to prime for toujeo max solostar
4 units
how many units to prime for toujeo solostar
3 units
Above what length do we need to pinch the skin to insert needle
6 mm and above
reasons to use long needles
obese patient
U 100 cncentration
100 units/ml
pen and cartridge capacity for U 100
3 ml pen X 100 units= 300 units/pen and cartridge
how many units in a vial
1 vial is 1000 units
because 1 vial is 10 ml and 1 ml is 100 units
When pens/vials/cartridges are not in use, where should we put them? how long can they be used at room temperature mostly?
Not in use- store in refrigerator
when opened it is good for about a month
what is an insulin measurement device for visually impaired people
Count a dose
devices to overcome fear of needle
Tickleflex
Novofine
Autoshield Duo pen needles