The news of the launch of covid-19 antigen self-test products in China has attracted continuous attention. How to standardize the operation after receiving the product? How should children be sampled? How to deal with the waste after testing? On March 15, Guangzhou Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) released the covid-19 antigen detection kit operation demonstration video, which demonstrated the self-test process in detail, as one of the state approved covid-19 antigen detection reagent manufacturers.
The video shows that the nasal swab is used for home antigen self-test, and the swab needs to be rotated five times on the inner walls of the two nasal cavities. After sampling, put the swab into the extraction tube and ensure that the whole swab head is completely immersed in the extraction buffer. After standing for 1 minute, while taking out the swab from the test tube, squeeze the swab head along the inner wall of the extraction tube to keep the liquid in the tube as much as possible.
It should be noted that Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) suggested in the video that the sampling of children aged 2-14 should be completed by adults, and the head of the child should be raised slightly during the collection
How to deal with the waste after testing is a topic of concern to many people Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) it is suggested that for isolated observers, whether the test results are negative or positive, all used sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. shall be put into sealed bags and handled by the management personnel according to the medical waste or procedures
for community residents, if test results are negative, all nasal swabs, sampling tubes and test cards after use are put into sealed bags and treated as general waste: test results are positive, when personnel are transferred, they are handed over to medical institutions for treatment as medical waste
