Skip to main content
HighlightsHighlights Archive

NICE: Hundreds of diabetic children to avoid finger-prick testing through two technologies

For the first time new guidance from NICE recommends the use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) or intermittently scanned glucose monitoring (isCGM) devices for some children living with type 2 diabetes who are currently using finger prick testing and insulin therapy. NICE’s committee was told that children being offered the technology would be subjected to the ‘burdensome’, ‘tiring’, and…
Dawn
May 12, 2023