User's Guide

Dexcom G6 System User Guide
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Get Started
Chapter 1 | Begin Your Dexcom G6
®
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
System (G6) Journey
1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.2 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3 Your Dexcom Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.4 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.5 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Chapter 2 | Indications for Use and
Safety Statements
2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2 Important User Information . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 Dexcom G6 Safety Statements . . . . . 20
2.4 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3 | Risks and Benefits
3.1 Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.2 Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.3 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Part 2: Let's G6
Chapter 4 | What is the Dexcom G6
®
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
System (G6)?
4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.2 G6 CGM System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.3 What’s New for G6? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.4 G6 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.5 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 5 | Set Up Your Display Devices
5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
5.2 Choose the App, the Receiver,
or Both . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
5.3 App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.4 Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.5 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 6 | Start Your Sensor
6.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
6.2 Prepare to Insert Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . .71
6.3 Choose Sensor Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.4 Insert Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.5 Attach Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.6 Pair and Start Your Sensor. . . . . . . . . . 85
6.7 Pairing Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.8 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 7 | Calibrate
7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.2 Calibration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.3 Prepare to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
7.4 Calibrating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
7.5 Calibrate Without Prompts . . . . . . . . 106
7.6 Check In With Jake and Kelly . . . . . . 106
7.7 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Part 3: Next Steps
Chapter 8 | Home Screen
8.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
8.2 Home Screen Overview . . . . . . . . . . .111
8.3 Glucose Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
8.4 Navigation and Status Bar . . . . . . . . . .116
8.5 What Was Covered and
What’s Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
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