HSE National Clinical Guideline
HSE National Clinical Guideline For Managing Children with Type 1 Diabetes who use Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Topic:
Managing children with type 1 diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring
Document Owner:
National clinical lead for paediatric diabetes
National Group:
National clinical programme paediatric diabetes
Effective From: 19 June 2024
This guideline is intended to provide guidance in managing children and young people under 18 years with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) who use real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) or intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is also known as Flash glucose monitoring.
The purpose of this guideline is to provide a framework for the utilisation of rtCGM and isCGM in children and young people under the care of the paediatric diabetes services. These guidelines are intended for healthcare professionals, particularly those in training, who are working in HSE-funded paediatric and neonatal services. They are designed to guide clinical judgment but not replace it. In individual cases a healthcare professional may, after careful consideration, decide not to follow a guideline if it is deemed to be in the best interests of the child. This policy applies to clinical staff in the diabetes team and sets out the process to be followed for use in managing rtCGM or isCGM for all children and young people.