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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1878715" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>As the others say, ignore Abbott official advice, apply a while before activating, typically 12, 24 hrs.</p><p></p><p>Historical factoid:</p><p></p><p>Libre was licensed and sold in Europe long before it was in the USA. Many on this side of the pond figured out the hour startup gave dodgy results on the first day, and it doesn't take much googling to find papers reviewing cgm systems which all say the same thing: inserting a sensor will cause local micro-trauma which will be met by repair mechanisms and foreign body responses, all if which chew up glucose before it can be measured, so a bit of settling in time is justified to let all that calm down a bit, or we'll get sketchy first day results.</p><p></p><p>So, it turned out that early users in Europe figured out to just apply it and leave for a while to let it settle before activating.</p><p></p><p>That view was kinda acknowledged as being correct when it was launched in the USA. Abbott wanted it to be approved for bolusing decisions. Their FDA said, aye, ok, will do, but only if you build in a warm-up period of 12 hours after activation before they can read it. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that the FDA felt that 12 hrs was needed to let it settle. </p><p></p><p>Evilclive is right. Abbott's got to play by the rules for where it's been licensed. Actual users don't - we can bend them if we want to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1878715, member: 374531"] As the others say, ignore Abbott official advice, apply a while before activating, typically 12, 24 hrs. Historical factoid: Libre was licensed and sold in Europe long before it was in the USA. Many on this side of the pond figured out the hour startup gave dodgy results on the first day, and it doesn't take much googling to find papers reviewing cgm systems which all say the same thing: inserting a sensor will cause local micro-trauma which will be met by repair mechanisms and foreign body responses, all if which chew up glucose before it can be measured, so a bit of settling in time is justified to let all that calm down a bit, or we'll get sketchy first day results. So, it turned out that early users in Europe figured out to just apply it and leave for a while to let it settle before activating. That view was kinda acknowledged as being correct when it was launched in the USA. Abbott wanted it to be approved for bolusing decisions. Their FDA said, aye, ok, will do, but only if you build in a warm-up period of 12 hours after activation before they can read it. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that the FDA felt that 12 hrs was needed to let it settle. Evilclive is right. Abbott's got to play by the rules for where it's been licensed. Actual users don't - we can bend them if we want to. [/QUOTE]
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