Ascensia Diabetes Care Eversense User manual

Incision care for proper healing
Do not soak in bath, swim or do strenuous sports and activiites five days
Leave Tegaderm™ over the Steri-Strips™ for 2 days.Then, replace with a clean Tegaderm™ or sterile bandage.
•Avoid getting the Teagaderm™ wet when showering
•Change the Tegaderm™ if it is soiled
•You can place the transmitter over the Tegaderm™ after the first day
Leave Steri-Strips™ on until they fall off for a minimum of 5-7 days.
Notify your doctor if:
• Steri-Strip™ come off before incision is fully closed
• You experience any pain, redness, swelling, warmth or drainage at the incision site
• You develop fever
• Skin over the sensor looks like it is thinning, depressed or changing color
Take Home Instructions
Important steps to remember
Warm Up Phase:Occursforthefirst24hoursaftersensorinsertion.Noglucosereadingwillbedisplayedon
Eversense®app.Itisnotnecessarytowearyoursmarttransmitteroverthesensorduringthewarm-upphase.
Initialization Phase:After24hours,putyoursmarttransmitterbackonoveryoursensor.
Make sure your smart transmitter is fully charged before placing over your sensor.
Press power button
and hold for 5
seconds to turn ON
the smart transmitter
• Openandusethe
placementguideintheapp
toplacethesmart
transmitter
•Itmaytakeseveralseconds
forthesignalstrengthto
appear.Placethe
transmitterwheresignal
strengthshows2to3bars
(goodtoexcellent).
• Closetheplacementguide
afterconnectionismade
Within 10 minutes – first calibration
is due
• Youwillreceiveacalibrationprompton
yourEversense®app
•Carry out afingerstickbloodglucosetest
andentertheglucosevalueintotheapp
•Youwillreceivethreemorecalibration
promptsduringtheInitializationPhase.
Completeallwithin36hours
•See your User Guide for more details
NOTE:Glucosereadingswillbedisplayedintheappafew
minutesafterthe2ndcalibrationissuccessfullycompleted.
Insertion Date:
Time:
5
days
Attach smart transmitter
to arm

G.DC.12.2020.PP-SENS-GBL-0015
Alerts and notifications tips
Too many alerts or vibrations?
• Reviewglucosetargetandalertsettingswithyour doctor
•Readabout“DoNotDisturb”inUserGuide
Receiving a High Ambient Light alert?
• Moveawayfromdirectlight
• Coverthetransmitterwithdarkclothing
• Movethetransmitterupwardby1cmtobettercoverthesensorfromthelight
Proper calibration tips
• Washanddryhandsthoroughlybeforeperformingangerstickbloodglucosetest
• Entercalibrationwithin10minutesofcheckingyourbloodglucose
• Bloodglucoseandsensorglucosemaynotexactlymatch
• Bloodglucosemustbebetween2.2-22mmol/L(40-400mg/dL)
• Avoidcalibratingwhenglucoseischangingrapidly(suchasaftermeals,insulinand
duringexercise)
• Keepsmarttransmitterinplaceoversensor5minutesbeforeand15minutesafter
eachcalibration
Additional tips for success
•Always do a fingerstick blood glucose test if you have symptoms
of low or high blood glucose
• Changeadhesivedailyanddiscussadditionaladhesiveoptionsif
needed
• Chargeyoursmarttransmitterdailyforapproximately15minutes.
KeepitpluggedinuntilLEDissolidgreen
• Contactyourdoctorifyouhaveamedicalemergencyorquestion
aboutyourdiabetestreatmentplan
• Contact Ascensia Diabetes Service ifyouhavetechnical
questionsabouttheEversense®system
TheEversense®XL ContinuousGlucoseMonitoring(CGM)Systemisindicatedforcontinuallymeasuringglucoselevelsinpersonsage18andolderwithdiabetesforup
to180days.Itisintendedtocomplement,notreplace,fingerstickbloodglucosemonitoring.Thesensorinsertionandremovalisperformedbyaphysician.The
EversenseXL CGMSystemisaprescriptiondevice;patientsshouldtalktotheirdoctortolearnmore.Forimportantsafetyinformation,seehdiabetes.ascensia.xy