User`s guide

Dexcom G4 PLATINUM User’s Guide | 75
1. Wash and dry your hands, make sure your glucose test strips are not
expired and have been stored properly, and make sure your meter is
properly coded (if required).
2. Take a blood glucose measurement using your meter.
Carefully apply the blood sample to the test strip following your
meter or test strip instructions.
3. From any trend graph, press the SELECT button to see the
Main Menu.
4. Use the UP or DOWN button to scroll until
you highlight “Enter BG.
Enter BG” will be the second Main Menu
option when you are in the middle of a
sensor session.
5. Press the SELECT button to choose this
option. You will see a screen with a blood
drop and a number in mg/dL units.
a. When the receiver does not have a recent
sensor glucose reading the default is
120 mg/dL.
b. If there has been a sensor glucose reading
in the past 15 minutes, the Enter BG screen
shows your current sensor glucose reading.
Do not use the current sensor glucose
reading for calibration. Use only blood
glucose values from your meter.
6. Use the UP or DOWN button to scroll until you see the correct blood
glucose value, and then press the SELECT button.
Enter BG screen,
default is 120 mg/dL
Main Menu,
Enter BG highlighted