FreedomEdge Patient Guide | Page 22

Q. Why do you call HIgH·Flo “safety” needle sets? A. The butterfly wings close at the ends, to encapsulate the needle after use. This feature of RMS HIgH·Flo Subcutaneous Safety press here to snap shut Needle Sets is designed to help prevent accidental needlestick injuries. Q. What could cause drug to leak at the infusion site? A. Confirm you are using HIgH·Flo needles. Some possible causes include: excessive movement, a needle length that is too short, a site with too little subcutaneous tissue, too much volume in an individual site or over-saturation of the sites, due to too fast a flow rate. Q. When using more than one needle, do I need to do anything special to be sure the drug is evenly distributed? A. No special actions are necessary. Equal flow to each site reduces the risk that one site will over-fill. Dynamic Equilibrium automatically slows down the infusion to any site if pressure increases − to help prevent pain swelling, and oozing. custom luer design (quad set) Sites that still regularly fill more than others may be an indication that those subcutaneous layers have more space, or that different locations require different length needles. Q. Can HIgH·Flo needles be used with other pumps besides the FreedomEdge™ ? A. Yes. Our needles are compatible with other pumps, including RMS' FREEDOM60®. However, only RMS Home Infusion systems offer DynEQ™ (Dynamic Equilibrium), which automatically adjusts the flow rate if the tissues at the infusion site become saturated. To achieve the full benefits of DynEQ™ , we recommend that you use HIgH·Flo needle sets with our pumps. Constant flow pumps use higher pressures and are not sensitive to the back pressure and, therefore, will continue the stated flow rate beyond 22