i-Port Advance injection port for people on injections
For anyone who wishes to have additional information or purchase i-Port Advance, please go to https://mmc.medtronic-diabetes.co.uk/iport/. This will provide information on the i-Port and the order link to follow.
WITH i-PORT ADVANCE YOU CAN:
• Take insulin doses without the pain of additional skin punctures
• Avoid skipped or missed meals
• Minimise physical and emotional injection barriers
• 10 Insertions vs. 120 Injections (Based on typical 30 day period)
i-Port Advance™ injection port is a product that can be used by both adults and children who use a pen or syringe to inject prescribed medications, including insulin.
More information on the i-Port here
*** Now available in a 2 pack, making it a more affordable way to try it out
ISPAD (International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes) Guidelines, managing diabetes in preschool children, 2017
“If pump therapy is not available, multiple daily injections (MDIs), with consideration of use of an injection port should be used from the onset of diabetes”
“When using injections for insulin delivery, pain can be reduced by usage of subcutaneous catheters changed every three days”
“If pump therapy is not available due to a lack of economic resources, multiple daily injections (MDIs), with consideration of use of an injection port, can be used”
