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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1308021"><p>I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to trial the freestyle libre. As part of this trial, I had to sit through a sales pitch but in return I received advice direct from Abbott on how to use the libre, a free reader and one free sensor. </p><p>Amongst the advice the gentleman from Abbott gave were</p><p>- your body may react to the sensor at first. Therefore, for some people it will take 24 hours for the readings to "calm down". Therefore of the 14 days, there may only be 13 days of useful data</p><p>- don't be tempted to attach a sensor to your other arm on day 13 to overcome the calm-down period. The reader cannot cope with two sensors in close proximity.</p><p>- the reason for the "pre-injection swab" is to ensure nothing goes into your skin with the sensor. This includes soaps, detergents and shower gels which are often shown to effect the BG reading</p><p>- as part of the trial, if the sensor falls off (which it did), I was entitled to one free replacement</p><p>- if you the sensor falls off at any other time, you are entitled to two free replacements. This was clearly not 2 replacements for every sensor so I am not sure what time period</p><p>- you should NOT (the reps capitalisation, not mine), stick anything to the sensor. This may effect the readings and removal of the sticky tape may pull out the sensor.</p><p>- he recommended some vet tape which sticks to itself but not your skin (or sensor) and costs £1 from Wilko. Something similar seems to be available on line for a similar price but costs £2.99 for P&P</p><p>- to get standards approval for the libre, it has to be 11% accurate.</p><p>- it is only approved to be warn between the elbow and shoulder</p><p>- it cannot replace finger-pricks for pre-driving readings but Abbott are campaigning with the DVLA to change this</p><p>- the reading is about 5 minutes delay from finger pricks ... which is better than old cgms which were 15-20 minutes out.</p><p>- the reader can be used as a finger prick tester and has the same accuracy as the sensor</p><p></p><p>And now for a question to the community:</p><p>- there was some talk at the start of this thread about calibrating the libre. How is this done? Do you use calibration fluid with a finger prick? Or is this an "off-line" calibration that you do in your head after comparing with your usual meter?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1308021"] I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to trial the freestyle libre. As part of this trial, I had to sit through a sales pitch but in return I received advice direct from Abbott on how to use the libre, a free reader and one free sensor. Amongst the advice the gentleman from Abbott gave were - your body may react to the sensor at first. Therefore, for some people it will take 24 hours for the readings to "calm down". Therefore of the 14 days, there may only be 13 days of useful data - don't be tempted to attach a sensor to your other arm on day 13 to overcome the calm-down period. The reader cannot cope with two sensors in close proximity. - the reason for the "pre-injection swab" is to ensure nothing goes into your skin with the sensor. This includes soaps, detergents and shower gels which are often shown to effect the BG reading - as part of the trial, if the sensor falls off (which it did), I was entitled to one free replacement - if you the sensor falls off at any other time, you are entitled to two free replacements. This was clearly not 2 replacements for every sensor so I am not sure what time period - you should NOT (the reps capitalisation, not mine), stick anything to the sensor. This may effect the readings and removal of the sticky tape may pull out the sensor. - he recommended some vet tape which sticks to itself but not your skin (or sensor) and costs £1 from Wilko. Something similar seems to be available on line for a similar price but costs £2.99 for P&P - to get standards approval for the libre, it has to be 11% accurate. - it is only approved to be warn between the elbow and shoulder - it cannot replace finger-pricks for pre-driving readings but Abbott are campaigning with the DVLA to change this - the reading is about 5 minutes delay from finger pricks ... which is better than old cgms which were 15-20 minutes out. - the reader can be used as a finger prick tester and has the same accuracy as the sensor And now for a question to the community: - there was some talk at the start of this thread about calibrating the libre. How is this done? Do you use calibration fluid with a finger prick? Or is this an "off-line" calibration that you do in your head after comparing with your usual meter? [/QUOTE]
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