Flash Glucose Monitoring Sensor

A flash gm device does not alert you if your glucose levels are low or high and does not connect to an insulin pump.

Flash glucose monitoring sensor. You can find out your levels by scanning the sensor whenever you want to. With flash you use the reader to scan the sensor when you want to see your levels. The abbott freestyle libre is currently the only flash glucose monitoring product available and it is currently only approved in europe. A small white disc about the size of a twenty cent coin is positioned on the back of the upper arm.

Flash glucose sensing technology as a replacement for blood glucose monitoring for the management of insulin treated type 2 diabetes. Flash glucose monitoring offers the same ease. Unlike a continuous glucose monitoring cgm system flash does not have an alarm for hypo or hyper warnings. Glucose checks are quick convenient and painless.

Haak thomas et al. What is flash glucose monitoring. Flash glucose monitoring is sensor technology that enables you to test your glucose levels without pricking your finger. Glucose monitor policy article a52464 may 2017.

The system has two parts. A multicentre open label randomised controlled trial. A flash glucose monitoring flash gm device is like a cgm device except that you have to scan the sensor with a reader smartphone or smart device to get your reading. Who uses flash glucose monitoring.

In australia this technology is currently only available. There is evidence that flash glucose monitoring may be beneficial for people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes aged 18 years and older 2 it is intended to replace blood glucose testing 3 4. How to get a flash system. This technology is currently available in the freestyle libre system.

We call it flash for short. With a cgm your sugar levels are always visible on the screen of your receiver. It records your glucose sugar levels continuously throughout the day and night. Flash glucose monitoring fgm is the newest method of glucose testing that is seen as a hybrid between meters and cgms.

Therefore interpretation of the freestyle libre pro flash glucose monitoring system readings should only be based on the trends and patterns analyzed through time using the reports available per the intended use. The freestyle libre flash glucose monitoring system is indicated for the management of diabetes in persons age 18 and older. A flash glucose monitor is a small sensor that you wear just under your skin. In flash glucose monitoring patients have a sensor inserted on their upper arm and a separate touchscreen reader device.

In addition people using flash glucose monitoring report a positive impact on their diabetes management and quality of life. Diabetes therapy 8 1 2017.