Who can self-test?
"The new crown virus antigen test application program" clearly, three categories of people can be self-testing:
① to primary health care institutions, accompanied by respiratory, fever and other symptoms and symptoms within five days;
② isolation of people under observation, including home isolation and observation, dense and sub-dense, inbound isolation and observation, sealing control area and control area of the people;
③Community residents with antigenic self-testing needs.
Can self-test results replace nucleic acid results?
No. Nucleic acid testing remains the definitive diagnosis of new coronavirus infections. Antigen testing is a complementary tool that can be used to screen specific populations and improve "early detection". Antigen testing is generally used during the acute phase of infection, i.e., within 7 days of the onset of symptoms in the suspected population. Both antigen-positive and negative results in suspected populations should be followed by further nucleic acid testing. Positive results can be used for early triage and rapid management of suspected populations, but cannot be used as the basis for definitive diagnosis of new coronavirus infections.
Where can I buy self-testing reagents?
Community residents with a need for self-testing can purchase antigen detection reagents for self-testing through retail pharmacies, online sales platforms and other channels. The management department that organizes the isolation observation is responsible for the procurement, issuance and management of antigen detection reagents and other related work.
What are the precautions for self-testing?
In order to ensure the quality of sampling and testing, residents must carefully read the instructions, in accordance with the specified requirements and procedures, standardized sampling, sampling, results interpretation and other operations:
Blowing nasal mucus with toilet paper, unpacking nasal swabs, avoiding hand contact with the head of the swab;
Head tilted up, one hand to hold the end of the swab sticking to the side of the nostril into the bottom of the lower nasal passages backward. After slowly penetrating 1~1.5 centimeters, the swab was rotated at least 4 times, and then the same swab was used to repeat the same operation on the other nasal cavity;
The nasal swab was tested according to the instruction manual after the sample was collected.
What should I do with the used-up self-test reagent?
Isolated observers: test results, whether negative or positive, all used sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. in a sealed bag by the management staff with reference to medical waste or in accordance with the procedures for disposal.
Community residents: negative test results, after the use of all nasal swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. into a sealed bag as general garbage; positive test results in the transfer of personnel together with the medical institutions in accordance with the treatment of medical waste.
How to dispose of self-test results?
1. Positive antigen test, regardless of whether there are respiratory, fever and other symptoms, residents should immediately report to their community, the community contact emergency center in accordance with the new crown pneumonia outbreak related to the work of the transfer of personnel guidelines, the residents will be transferred to the medical institutions set up outpatient fever clinic for nucleic acid testing.
2. Residents with negative antigen test and no symptoms can be closely observed, and antigen test or nucleic acid test can be performed when needed; residents with symptoms are recommended to go to medical institutions with fever clinics as soon as possible for nucleic acid test; if it is inconvenient to go to the clinic, they should be self-isolated at home, avoiding going out, and perform antigen self-testing once a day for 5 consecutive days.
What are the test results used for?
The antigen test can be used as a supplemental screening tool for specific populations to improve "early detection. It is not yet clear whether the results of the new crown antigen self-test can be used as a travel certificate.