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Establishing Methods to Determine Clinically Relevant Bolus and Basal Rate Delivery Accuracy of Insulin Pumps
Ulrike Kamecke1, Delia Waldenmaier1, Cornelia Haug1
11 Institut für Diabetes-Technologie, Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH an der Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Background:
Adequate testing of delivery accuracy of insulin pumps is under discussion. Especially for patch pumps, test settings are challenging. In addition, evaluation and presentation of accuracy results in a way that is reasonable and useful for clinicians, not only for technicians, is important.
Methods:
Test setups based on IEC 60601-2-24 were used and, in addition, different setups for patch pumps were compared to identify an adequate alternative for pumps without external infusion set. These setups are applicable for both bolus and basal rate accuracy testing. In addition, evaluation procedures considering clinical relevance were compiled.
Results:
A setup for patch pumps that provides reliable results could be realized. Evaluation of basal rate accuracy data should also consider the actual clinical use of insulin pumps and thus, deviating from IEC 60601-2-24, compose the whole measurement period without excluding the first 24 hours. In addition to the presentation using trumpet curves, accuracy of 1-hour windows should be evaluated and displayed.
Conclusions:
This article proposes an approach on how to test, evaluate, and present bolus and basal rate accuracy of insulin pumps from a clinical perspective.
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