How to do COVID-19 antigen test?

As we all know, the epidemic situation in the whole country is still very serious, so no matter where you go or where your children go to school, you need to do nucleic acid testing. However, with the emergence of the corresponding prevention and control work, COVID-19 antigen detection came into being. This test can be done directly at home, but the corresponding process and steps must be followed.

First, follow the steps in the manual.

In fact, COVID-19 antigen test is also a method to check whether the body is infected with COVID-19. It is very simple, and the requirements for some instruments are not very high, which is more convenient than nucleic acid test. So you can buy your own antigen detection reagent. Be sure to wash your hands before you do it Be sure to use running water or hand disinfectant for cleaning, and then understand the corresponding instructions and precautions. Also check whether the products you buy are under warranty and whether the tools you buy are damaged or missing. If there are none, it can be tested normally. Look up 15~30 degrees, and clean up the foreign body or snot in the nose before sampling.

Second, the process is complicated.

Then hold the nasal swab with your hand, put the swab head against one nostril and enter along the bottom of the inferior nasal passage so as to go deeper slowly in the future. A centimeter or so is enough. Turn the nasal swab against the nasal cavity 4-5 times. The whole process takes about 15 seconds, then repeat this operation on this other nasal cavity with the same cotton swab, and put the collected things on the test paper, and you can see the results well. But be sure to pay attention to the storage environment of the test paper, which is between 14 and 30 degrees. The temperature should not be too low or too high, otherwise it will affect the performance.

Third, the conclusion

In fact, during the epidemic, many people are in a state of panic, so you must pay attention to your behavior. If you are not good at it, you can also choose nucleic acid testing, which is safer and more accurate after all. At the same time, you should also pay attention to your physical condition. Once you have symptoms such as cold, fever, cough and runny nose, you should go to the hospital fever clinic for examination in time.