User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1
- Beginning Your Dexcom G5® Mobile Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System Journey
- Chapter 2
- Indications for Use and Safety Statement
- Chapter 3
- Risks and Benefits
- Chapter 4
- What’s the G5 Mobile?
- Chapter 5
- Set Up Your Display Devices
- Chapter 6
- Starting a Sensor Session: Inserting Sensor, AttachingTransmitter, and Starting Your Session
- Chapter 7
- Calibration
- Chapter 8
- Ending Your Sensor Session and Transmitter Session
- Chapter 9
- Home Screen, Rate of Change Arrows, and Errors
- Chapter 10
- Daily Events Affect Your Glucose Trends and Patterns
- Chapter 11
- Sensor Glucose Alarm and Alerts
- Chapter 12
- On the Go With G5: Customizing Your Alarm and Alerts
- EVERYTHING ELSE G5
- Chapter 13
- Warranty: The Fine Print
- Chapter 14
- How to Take Care of Your G5 Mobile
- Chapter 15
- On the Go With G5 Mobile: Getting Through Security
- Chapter 16
- Need Help? You’re Not Alone!
- Chapter 17
- Technical Information
- Chapter 18
- Troubleshooting
- Chapter 19
- Symbols on Package Labels
- SHARING IS CARING
Dexcom G5 Mobile System User Guide
Calibration
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• If needed, shave the area so adhesive patch sticks securely
• Make sure area is clean and free of lotions, perfumes, medications
Don’t:
• Never use same site repeatedly for sensor insertion
• Never use same site for 2 sensor sessions in a row
If you have concerns about the sensor pod not sticking, before inserting your
sensor, you can make the sensor site stickier to help ensure the sensor pod
does not peel.
Optional Site Preparation
Use optional skin adhesives (Mastisol™, SkinTac™) as part of your insertion
site preparation to help keep your sensor pod attached. Apply the skin
adhesive after you selected and cleaned your insertion site. Create an empty
sideways oval, making sure you don’t get any skin adhesive inside the oval.
Let the oval dry based on skin adhesive manufacturer’s instructions. Once
dry, your skin may feel slightly sticky.
See Step 3 in the next table for directions.
NOTE:
Contact your healthcare professional for specific questions regarding
the use of medical tape, barrier wipes, and/or other adhesives as it relates to
your use of Dexcom CGM.
6.5 Inserting Your Sensor
You’ve collected all of the needed items to begin a sensor session, viewed the
tutorials, reviewed the sensor applicator, and prepped the sensor pod site.
You’re now ready to insert your sensor!
Step
Picture
What you do
Preparation