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Andmac229

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Hi, I have recently just joined an oil platform in the North Sea and due to the risk of gas explosion I cannot have my phone on me in certain areas (which I need as I use that as my blood monitor). I see Dexcom has a receiver you can buy and just wondered if anyone out there knows whether I would be able to use this receiver in the no phone restricted zones or would it be classed in same category as a phone . I currently use the Dexcom one plus. Many thanks any help would be appreciated.
 
Andmac229 said:
Hi, I have recently just joined an oil platform in the North Sea and due to the risk of gas explosion I cannot have my phone on me in certain areas (which I need as I use that as my blood monitor). I see Dexcom has a receiver you can buy and just wondered if anyone out there knows whether I would be able to use this receiver in the no phone restricted zones or would it be classed in same category as a phone . I currently use the Dexcom one plus. Many thanks any help would be appreciated.
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The receiver still has electronic parts so it will depend on the nature of the problem with a phone. You should contact Dexcom to ask
Your company may have more detailed policy on the use of various devices in those areas.
The obviously knew of your condition when they employed you so should take into account your monitoring needs.
 
A reader/receiver is available for the both Libre and Dexcom. Both operate with NFC and Bluetooth I believe. Certainly the Libre reader uses them both, so you would need to find out if that technology would be restricted from the areas you would be working in and you would need to query that with your employer.
 
Mobile phones seem to have a risk of igniting things (eg you can’t use them at petrol pumps). But I don’t know where that spark-risk comes from.

The Dexcom reader operates via Bluetooth.

Libre readers operate via NFC for scans (which is even lower power), or Bluetooth if being used as CGM.

It might help if you understood how the phone/ignition risk worked, and whether Bluetooth was part of that?
 
The Libre reader uses Bluetooth for the high and low alarms, which can obviously intermittently activate so if Bluetooth is a problem then the |Libre reader is still a risk even without full CGM capability.
 
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