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Re:What's that touchscreen in my room? by lostlogin on Saturday January 20, 2024 @10:45AM (#39068701)
> because the sensor needle goes through the skin it must be replaced pretty regularly

I am an MRI radiographer and get patients to take these off for their scans.

According to the link below [1] they are good for 7 days. They aren’t cheap and removing them does cause some friction so I try tie the MRI scan up with a pending monitor change and quiz diabetic patients about them at booking.

Some have gone into the scanner by accident (patients not declaring them) and they seem to survive but I emphasise that the results might not be accurate afterwards.

[1] https://www.diabeticwarehouse.org/products/dexcom-g4-and-g5-...

Re:What's that touchscreen in my room? by albert180 on Saturday January 20, 2024 @06:42PM (#39073748)
The Freestyle ones aren't that accurate anyways. That's why my university hospital trys to avoid them for new patients