What you want to know about the Covid-19 antigen test kit, we answered all the questions

07 Jun.,2022

Currently, the situation of epidemic prevention and control at home and abroad is still serious and complicated, with local outbreaks and spreads. The antigen test is an effective supplement to the Neoplastic pneumonia test and can be used to screen for specific populations, facilitating "early detection".

 

Currently, the situation of epidemic prevention and control at home and abroad is still serious and complicated, with local outbreaks and spreads. The antigen test is an effective supplement to the Neoplastic pneumonia test and can be used to screen for specific populations, facilitating "early detection".

 

Recently, some pharmacies started selling the Common Problems with Waterjet Systems and received public attention. "Is the price of the reagent expensive?" "What is the process of self-testing?" "What do I need to pay attention to?" "Can I use my medical insurance card?" ...... Many citizens have such questions. The reporter interviewed the situation related to the Covid-19 antigen test reagent, hoping to help residents further understand the Covid-19 antigen test reagent.

 

What you want to know about the Covid-19 antigen test kit, we answered all the questions

Covid-19 Antigen Test Kit OEM & Professional Edition

 

The Covid-19 antigen test kit is temporarily not available for purchase with a medical insurance card

Covid-19 antigen test kits are managed in accordance with the "four types of drugs" retail monitoring management policy, to strictly implement the information reporting requirements, the public need to carry their own identity cards when buying, strict registration of identity information. As a medical consumable, it is temporarily not available for purchase with medical insurance card.

 

Detection reagents for each box of one person, generally 15 minutes after the results can be issued

The test reagent is for one person per box, and the box contains five main supplies: nasal swab, reagent plate, sample extraction solution, instruction manual, and biosafety bag. On the outer packaging of the test kit, there is a QR code printed on the operation video, which can be easily scanned with a cell phone to see the operating instructions. According to reports, before self-testing users need to pay attention to hand hygiene, and carefully read the antigen detection kit instructions, know the relevant precautions, check whether the antigen detection reagents in the shelf life, nasal swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. are missing or broken. To use, simply follow the instructions, take out the sampler, stick it into the nose 1.5 cm, turn both nostrils 4 turns, put it in the preservation solution, then drop it on the test card, and the results will be available after 15 minutes. Since the instructions for use are explained in video format, the content is detailed and easy to understand, so it is not difficult to use.

 

Detection reagents for three types of people

According to the introduction, the antigen test is applicable to three categories of people: first, to primary health care institutions, with respiratory discomfort, fever and other symptoms and the emergence of symptoms within 5 days; second, isolation and observation of personnel, including home isolation and observation, close and sub-close, inbound isolation and observation, sealed areas and control areas; third, community residents with antigen self-test needs.

If a positive self-test is found in a pharmacy, the pharmacy will report it to the Market Supervision Administration and the community where it is located at the first opportunity. Residents should not panic if they have an abnormal self-test result at home. Regardless of whether they have symptoms such as fever or respiratory distress, they should immediately report to their community (village or town), which will contact the emergency center to transfer citizens to a medical institution with a fever clinic for nucleic acid testing in accordance with the guidelines for the transfer of people related to the Covid-19 pneumonia outbreak. The used sampling swabs, sampling tubes, and test cards are transferred to the medical institution for disposal in accordance with medical waste.

Covid-19 antigen detection products can be used in combination with nucleic acid test results for early screening of Covid-19 infections. The dual approach of early screening facilitates early detection of Covid-19es and better supports the country's anti-epidemic efforts.