Dexcom SEVEN - Important Safety Information; Contraindications; Warnings and Precautions

Seven
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System User’s Guide | 13
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Read this entire guide before using your Seven Continuous Glucose Monitoring System.
If you do not understand something or have any questions, please ask your Diabetes
Management Team or another health care provider. Contraindications, warnings,
precautions, cautions, and other important safety information can be found in this section
and in boxes throughout your SEVEN System User’s Guide. The Troubleshooting section
(Section 8) contains important information on troubleshooting your SEVEN System.
The Technical Information Section (Section 10) provides information on the performance
characteristics of the device
CONTRAINDICATIONS
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WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
WARNINGS
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e SEVEN System must be removed prior to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Use of acetaminophen-containing medications while the SEVEN Sensor is inserted
may affect the performance of the device.
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is device is not designed to replace a blood glucose meter. e SEVEN System must
be used with a blood glucose meter.
Treatment decisions should not be based solely on results from the SEVEN System.
You must confirm with a blood glucose meter before making therapeutic adjustments.
Symptoms related to low or high blood glucose levels should not be ignored. If you
have symptoms of low or high glucose, use your blood glucose meter to check the
SEVEN System results.
You should update the SEVEN System’s calibration every 12 hours at a minimum to
ensure device performance. e performance of the SEVEN System when calibrated
less frequently than the recommendation to calibrate a minimum of every 12 hours
has not been studied.