Pediatric nurse practitioner contacted dexcom on (b)(6) 2016 to report on behalf of trial patient a detached sensor wire that occurred on (b)(6) 2016.Trial patient was at the clinic to have a new sensor placed and upon removal of the old sensor, the sensor wire was no longer attached to the sensor pod and remained partially imbedded in the patient's arm.Nurse pulled out the sensor wire from the patient's skin.Sensor wire was removed without incident and was intact.No injury or medical intervention was reported.The sensor was inserted into the arm.The dexcom g4 platinum (pediatric) continuous glucose monitoring system user's guide states: do not insert the sensor in sites other than the belly (abdomen) or upper buttocks.
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