You get quick results that may be used together with other information to help your healthcare practitioner decide on the next steps in your treatment. Always keep out of reach and sight of children and do not use this product after the expiry date that is stated on the packaging. Lateral flow testing in asymptomatic people is an extremely effective way of slowing the spread of COVID-19 in the community. You are probably contagious as well, which means you can spread the virus to other people in your current state. This means that people with only a small amount of the virus in their system may receive a false negative test.

The test is easy to perform by yourself, just swab your nose and throat, put the swab into the pre-filled vial of the test solution, use your test strip and wait for your results.This antigen is generally detectable in upper respiratory samples during the acute phase of infection. The intensity of the test line does not necessarily correlate to SARS-CoV-2 viral titer in the specimen.

The scale of these will be impacted by the size of your workforce, the risk factors identified in your contingency plan and the effect of any requirement to isolate on your ability to continue running your business. Infected individuals may display flu-like symptoms such as fever, coughing, colds, joint pain, headache, and most notably, loss of taste and/or smell.Please note that if you are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms, you must follow Government guidelines in terms of isolating and testing. Whether you’ve been vaccinated or not, the Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test is safe for everyone to use.

Positive Result: C and T - if the quality control line (C) and the detection line (T) appears, then the SARS-CoV-2 antigen has been detected and the result is positive. According to the Government instruction leaflets to Care Homes for safe disposal of lateral flow antigen test kits, these can be bagged and disposed of in the normal household waste. Although not feeling that great yet, I will test again tomorrow to see whether I am still infectious. The extraction buffer includes components to dissociate viral proteins from their surfaces to be used as a target for the test.It is best to report your test’s positive result to your healthcare provider and follow their advice. Always follow the advice of healthcare professionals and the guidance from your local health department. Even the slightest sniffle could have us on edge, wondering if we’ve caught a dreaded new variant of the disease.