Source: People’s Daily Health Client
On March 21, the National Medical Insurance Administration issued a notice requiring all provinces to temporarily incorporate antigen detection reagents into the province’s basic medical insurance medical service catalog in accordance with procedures. The relevant expenses incurred by the insured in the designated primary medical institutions shall be paid in accordance with the current regulations of the overall planning area, and the expenses of purchasing testing reagents at the designated retail pharmacies can be paid using personal accounts.
At present, there are 17 new coronavirus antigen detection kits approved by the State Food and Drug Administration, and the People’s Daily Health Client also randomly purchased one of them to demonstrate the antigen detection kit for netizens the correct way to use it.
I. Preparation before self-test
1. Wash your hands with running water or hand sanitizer. After cleaning your hands, unpack the antigen test card and place it on a flat, clean place.
2. Understand the detection process. Carefully read the supporting instructions of the antigen self-test reagent and the precautions related to the antigen self-test, check whether the antigen self-test reagent is within the shelf life, and check whether the contents of the nasal swab, sampling tube, test card, etc. are missing or damaged. If the reagent expires or the contents of the reagent are missing or damaged, the detection reagent should be replaced in time.
I. Preparation before self-test
1. Wash your hands with running water or hand sanitizer. After cleaning your hands, unpack the antigen test card and place it on a flat, clean place.
2. Understand the detection process. Carefully read the supporting instructions of the antigen self-test reagent and the precautions related to the antigen self-test, check whether the antigen self-test reagent is within the shelf life, and check whether the contents of the nasal swab, sampling tube, test card, etc. are missing or damaged. If the reagent expires or the contents of the reagent are missing or damaged, the detection reagent should be replaced in time.
It should be noted that, like the nucleic acid test, the process of using a cotton swab for sampling is also very important. The sampling needs to go to a certain depth to collect the mucosal surface and exfoliated cells. with valid parts. Insufficient depth or insufficient sampling frequency may affect the accuracy of the results.
3. Antigen detection
1. According to the instructions of the reagent, put the nasal swab after collecting the sample into the sampling tube immediately. The swab head should be rotated and mixed in the preservation solution for at least 30 seconds. Squeeze the swab tip against the outer wall of the sampling tube at least 5 times to ensure that the sample is fully eluted in the sampling tube.
2. Squeeze the liquid from the swab head through the outer wall of the sampling tube by hand, and then discard the swab. After capping the sampling tube, drop the liquid vertically into the sample hole of the test card.
3. According to the reagent instructions, wait for a certain period of time to interpret the results. Positive result: Red or purple bands are shown at both “C” and “T”. Negative Result: Red or purple band at “C”, no band at “T”. Invalid result: No red or purple band is displayed at “C”, regardless of whether the band is displayed at “T”. If the result is invalid, you need to take the test strip and test again.
All tested supplies need to be sealed as soon as possible. If the test result is negative, they can be disposed of as general garbage. If the test result is positive, it should be reported to the community in time, and the used sampling tubes, test cards, etc. should be handed over to medical institutions for disposal as medical waste when people are transported.
