Freestyle Libre - Using Your Sensor

Making Treatment Decisions
Work with your health care professional to put together a plan for
managing your diabetes that includes when to use the FreeStyle Libre
System information for making treatment decisions.
WARNING: The FreeStyle Libre System can replace blood glucose testing
except in a few situations. These are the times when you need to do a
blood glucose test before deciding what to do or what treatment decision
to make as Sensor readings may not accurately reect blood glucose levels:
Do a blood glucose test if you see the Check
Blood Glucose
symbol. The symbol
means your Sensor glucose reading may not be
accurate. For example, there may be times when
you get a low glucose reading but you do not
actually have low glucose.
Do a blood glucose test if you think your
glucose readings are not correct or do not
match how you feel. Do not ignore symptoms
that may be due to low or high glucose.
Note: The
symbol will NOT appear in this
situation.
Making Treatment Decisions – Getting Started
Before you start using the FreeStyle Libre System for treatment decisions,
make sure you have a good understanding of how the System works for
your body. Continue to use your blood glucose meter for treatment
decisions until you are comfortable with the information you receive
from your FreeStyle Libre System. This includes understanding that:
Sensor performance can vary in between Sensors, within a Sensor wear,
and in dierent situations.
Getting familiar with the System could take days, weeks, or even months.
The more you check readings from the FreeStyle Libre System with a
blood glucose meter, the better you will understand how the System
works for you.
Work with your health care professional to put together a plan for
managing your diabetes that includes when to use the FreeStyle Libre
System information for making treatment decisions.
Helpful Tips
• Conrm your Sensor glucose readings with a blood glucose meter until
you understand:
• Sensor accuracy may vary between Sensors.
• Sensor accuracy may vary during a Sensor wear session.
• Sensor accuracy may vary in dierent situations (meals, exercise, rst
day of use, etc.).
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