Why are my G5 sensors not lasting as long?

@Eric
Not related to adhesive. Quality of the reading.
We used to get 12~13 days of very good readings from the G5.
Quite consistently.
When the data goes bad, it is blatantly obvious to me.
It is also blatantly obvious when the adhesive is not working well.

We found that quite suddenly, we were only getting 6 or 7 days of good data from the G5.

I was wondering if it was possible that the sensor had been slightly modified perhaps entirely unintentionally so as to cause the change.

I noticed a change listed per FDA as:

For example, PMA Supplement to the Dexcom G4/G5 cgm system:
S075
Decision Date: 06/15/2018
“Addition of a new supplier of glucose oxidase for manufacture of glucose sensors for G4 Platinum and G5 Mobile Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems.”

I do not believe the sensor boxes have date of manufacture. They do have date of expiration.

Our boxes we last used had an expiration date of May 2019
@Michel boxes where they also were seeing a reduction in how long a sensor would last had an expiration date of June 2019

We have since switched to the G6

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